HEYDT, Eduard von der (Edward van der Heydt), Freiherr. Elberfeld near Wuppertal 26.9.1882 — Ascona, Ticino 3.4.1964. German-Swiss Banker and Art Collector. Son of banker August von der Heydt and Selma Haarhaus. Matriculated 1900 from Wuppertal. Studied law at Geneva and Freiburg i. Br. Dr. rer. Pol. 1905. Entered bank career,…
HERSHMAN, Paul. Rochford, Cambridgeshire 17.3.1950 — Southend, Essex 8.1.1976, when 25. British Anthropologist. Fieldwork in the Punjab, 1972-73. The book is based on his unfinished Ph.D. diss. for the London School of Economics. Lecturer in Anthropology at University of Sussex. A noted chess player. Publications: Punjabi Kinship and Marriage. Ed. by…
HERMES, Gertrud Antonie. Berlin 23.9.1872 — Berlin 26.1.1942. German Teacher and Leftist Pedagog. Daughter of Oberkonsistorialrat Ottomar Hermes (1826–1893). In 1900-08 taught at a girls’ school in Berlin. After serious illness worked in a trade union, then 1912-14 attended Max Schering’s economic seminar. From 1921 taught at labour institutions for…
HENCKEN, Hugh O’Neill. New York City 8.1.1902 — Cape Cod 31.8.1981.U.S. Archaeologist. Born to an Irish American family, son of Albert Charles Hencken (1871–1951) and Mary Creighton O’Neill (1874–1929). Studies at Princeton and Cambridge. Ph.D. 1929 Cambridge, in Archaeology. From 1932 to his retirement in 1972 Curator of European archaeology at…
HELVERT, Lucas Frans van (Franciscus van Helvert). Dinther, North Brabant 5.5.1910 — Veghel, North Brabant 29.10.1999. Father. Dutch Catholic (Premonstratensian/Norbertine) missionary in India. Son of Johannes van Helvert (1870–1929) and Jacoba Gesina van Dooren. After gymnasium in Heeswijk in 1929 novice in Windberg, ordained priest in 1935 and in 1936…
HELLER, Louis George. New York City 24.6.1927 — Teaneck, NJ 2.8.1997. U.S. Linguist. The only son of Benjamin Heller and Helen Edith Morse. Ph.D. Lecturer, then Professor at the College of the City of New York. Married Alice Levy (1928–2012), two daughters and two sons. Publications: Wrote on English, general…
HAY, Stephen Northup. Philadelphia 4.10.1925 — Santa Barbara 25.3.2001. U.S. Historian. Son of Edward Northup Hay (1891–1958) and Doris Mabel Drain. Educated at Deep Springs and Haverford Colleges, 1942-1944. In 1944-46 army service. Then studies at London School of Economics, 1946-47, and Harvard. B.A. 1951 Swarthmore College, M.A. 1953 Harvard,…
HAVET, Pierre Antoine Louis. Paris 6.1.1849 — Paris 26.1.1925. French Philologist and Linguist, mainly of Latin, but also IE (including Sanskrit). Professor in Paris. Son of Ernest Havet (1813–1889), Professor of Latin, and Louise Bourdon. Studies in Paris (É.P.H.É.), mainly Latin, but also ie linguistics (Bréal & Bergaigne). Ph.D. 1880 Paris.…
HAUGHTON, Henry Lawrence. 1.11.1883 — 22.3.1955. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of Colonel John Haughton (1852–1898) and Margareta Louisa Hare Baker (1862–1887). Educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. In 1902 joined Wiltshire Regiment, 1903 to India, 1904 transferred to Indian Army. Captain 1911. In WW I served in Mesopotamia.…
HATCH, William John. Bere Alston, West Devon 1872 — 19??. British Missionary in South India. Son of Stephen Hatch (1847–1902) and Elizabeth Williams. Served London Missionary Society in Coimbatore and Salem, 1899-1936. Married, children. Publications: The Land Pirates of India. An account of the Kuravers, a remarkable tribe of hereditary criminals,…