HILGENBERG, Luise. Essen 2.1.1886 — 1.2.1942. German Physician and Indologist. Dr.med. 1922 Bonn, Dr. phil. 1933 Bonn (under Kirfel). Practising physician in Bonn. Publications: Diss. med. Ueber Kindsmord in oder gleich nach der Geburt. 46 p. Bonn 1922. – Diss. phil. specimen of 20+40 p. 1933, whole work publ. as…
HIGGINS, Ellen Charlotte. Brixton, London 14.8.1871 — Edinburgh 13.12.1951. Miss. Britishwoman interested in Pāli or Buddhism. Born of Scottish parents, educated in Edinburgh. From 1890 studies, graduated B.A. from London University. In 1907-35 Principal of Royal Holloway College of London University, 1911-35 also Senator of London University. In 1913-18 wrote…
HIERSCHE, Rolf. Sömmerda, Thüringen 28.7.1924 — Giessen 24.7.1996. German IE Linguist, Greek and Sanskrit Scholar. Professor in Giessen. Studies of classical philology, Indology and IE linguistics at Jena in 1945-51. Ph.D. 1952 Jena. In 1951-57 Assistant at Humboldt University in Berlin, then moved to West Germany. In 1957-62 Assistant at…
HEYMANN, Wilhelm. Bremen 12.7.1847 — Bremen 29.3.1911. German Linguist (IE and English). Teacher in Bremen. Son of a cigar manufacturer. Studied first theology, soon languages at Göttingen. Ph.D. 1873 Göttingen. According to D.L.K. he was Gymnasium teacher in Bremen in 1890 and 1900, in 1906 he is mentioned without a…
HEYDE, August Wilhelm (born A. W. Heide). 1825 — Herrnhut 27.8.1907. German Missionary. Spent 50 years in Ladakh as Moravian Missionary, in 1853-1898 (?). Originally a plumber, he was sent to East to begin mission in Mongolia, together with Eduars Pagell. In 1855 they arrived at Leh, but were denied…
HEWITT, James Francis Katharinus. 21.6.1835 — 14.3.1908. British Civil Servant in India, a Scholar of Indian Ethnology and Prehistory. Born in Ireland, son of Rev. John Pratt H. and Elizabeth Gervais. Educated in Westminster, studies at Oxford (Christ Church). Joined I.S.C., served in Krishnagarh. From 1863 Deputy Commissioner in Chota…
HEVESY, Vilmos (Wilhelm von Hevesy, orig. W. Bischitz). 1877 — 1945. Hungarian Electric Engineer interested in Linguistics. Son of Ludwig (Lajos) David Bischitz (1851–1920), 1895 title of nobility as Bisicz de Heves, from 1906 Hevesy de Heves, and Eugenie (Jenny) Schossberger de Tornya, brother of the Nobel prize chemist György/Georg…
HEUMAN, Ernst Otto August. Halmstad 9.7.1858 — Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) 25.8.1926. Swedish Missionary and Scholar of Religion and Languages in India. Son of alderman Anders Gustaf H. (d. 1867) and Christina Margareta Theolander. From 1877 studies of classical philology and Semitics at Uppsala, fil.kand. 1880, fil.lic. 1886. After a few years…
HETAGUROV, Lev Aleksandrovič. Cmi Terskoj obl., Severnaja-Osetija (North Ossetia) 2.(15.)12. 1901 — Saratov 12.3.1942. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of a physician. Graduated 1930 from Faculty of Languages and Material Culture in Leningrad. Kand. filol. nauk 1936, Docent 1938. Taught at Leningrad University in 1936-42. Doktorant 1938-40, naučyj sotrudnik at Inst. Vostokovedenija…
HESSLER, Franz. Krombach bei Aschaffenburg 15.10.1799 — Munich 17.6.1890. German Physician and Indologist in Bavaria. Son of a farmer, educated in Aschaffenburg. Began his philological studies at Würzburg, then 1822-27 medicine and philology at Heidelberg, Erlangen and Würzburg. Ph.D. (dr. phil.) 1827 Würzburg. From 1828 Assistant Physician in Würzburg, 1830…