HOLMER, Nils Magnus. Göteborg 5.2.1904 — Vollsjö near Lund 10.6.1994. Swedish Linguist. Son of railway engineer Lars Magnus Holmer and elementary school teacher Anna Vilhelmina Lindström. Grew up in Kalmar. Studied Russian at Lund (fil.kand. 1925), also became interested in Indo-European. In 1926-29 studied Czech and Celtic at Prague. Lic.phil.…
HOLLAND, Thomas Henry. Helston, Cornwall 22.11.1868 — Carshalton, Surrey 15.5.1947. Sir. British Geologist in India. Son of John Holland and Grace Treloar Roberts. Parents moved to Canada, but he grew up in Helston (Cornwall). Studied geology at Royal College of Science in London. From 1890 Assistant Superintendent of Geological Survey…
HOFFMEISTER, Werner Friedrich. Braunschweig14.3.1819 — near Firozshah, Punjab 21.12.1845. German Physician, Zoologist and Botanist. Son of a priest, in 1827 the family moved to Wolfenbüttel. Lost his parents in the 1830s. After gymnasium in Braunschweig studied from 1839 medicine and natural sciences at Berlin and Bonn. Dr.Med. 1843 Berlin (diss.…
HOEK, Albertus(Bert) Wilhelmus van den. Apeldoorn, Gelderland 2.9.1951 — Mumbai 1.12.2001. Dutch Anthropologist. After school in Utrecht studied Anthropology and Philosophy at Amsterdam, then at Leiden, where B.A. 1970 and M.A. 1976. Also learned Tamil and Sanskrit (Heesterman). In 1977 further studies under L. Dumont in Paris. In various research positions,…
HITCHCOCK, John Thayer. Springfield, MA 29.6.1917 — Stoughton, Wisconsin 16.1.2001. U.S. Anthropologist. Professor in Madison. Son of Arthur Cornwall Hitchcock (1871–1949) and Ruth Harriet Thayer. B.A. 1939 Amherst College. M.A. 1941 University Chicago in English Literature. After war service as a pilot in Navy Instructor in English at Amherst College, 1946-48.…
HIRSH, Marilyn. Chicago 1.1.1944 — New York City 17.10.1988. U.S. Art Historian, Illustrator and Author. Born in a Jewish family, her father owned a meat market, daughter of Eugene Hitsh and Rose Warshall.. Graduated in art 1965 from Carnegie Mellon Institute. From 1975 several years teacher of English in India.…
HILDBURGH, Walter Leo. New York 30.3.1876 — London 25.11.1955. U.S. Art Collector and Traveller. Born in a wealthy immigrant family, son of Henry Hildburgh and Lillie Cornelia Rosenblatt. Ph.D. Columbia University (diss. on electricity). In 1900 began travels in Japan, China and India. He spent some time in Sri Lanka…
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…