HARRISON, Hugh. Dublin 27.5.1870 — Barnstaple, Devon 17.11.1944. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. Son of Michael Harrison (1823–1895) and Sophia Mary Stronge. Back in England he was in 1924-28 Lecturer in Hindi and Marathi at Caius College in Cambridge. Married 1876 Laura Elizabeth Shuttleworth (1874–1951), one son and…
HANSEN, Olaf. St.Petersburg 11.4.1902 — Kiel 10.1.1969. German Indo-Iranian, especially Middle Iranian Scholar. Professor in Berlin (West). Son of Gottlieb Olaf Albert Hansen (1867–1939), the librarian of Imperial Academy, and Marie Rödder. In 1917 the family escaped to Baltic states and 1919 to Hamburg, concluded gymnasium there 1923. Studied at…
HALL, Fitzedward. Troy, N.Y. 21.3.1825 — Marlesford, Suffolk 1.2.1901 (or 11.2.?). U.S. Indologist, in India 1846-62 and then in the U.K. Born in an old New England family, son of Daniel Hall (1787–1868), a lawyer, and Anginetta Fitch. Educated in Troy, Walpole and Poughkeepsie, graduated 1842 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…
HAIG, Thomas Wolseley. Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent 7.8.1865 — Kensington, London 23.4./28.4./4.5.1938. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Historian of India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of Major Robert Wolseley Haig (of old Scottish family, 1830–1872) and Maria Georgina Brown (d. 1878). Educated at Wellington College and Sandhurst. In 1884 joined Senforth Highlanders, 1887 Indian…
HAGREN, Klas. Uddevalla 12.2.1953 — Uppsala 26.8.2000. Swedish Indologist. Matriculated from Uddevalla 1973. Studies of Indology at Stockholm and Uppsala. In 1988-2000 universitetsadjunkt teaching Sanskrit, Pāli, Hindī and Tamil at Uppsala. At the time of his “sudden and tragic death” his Ph.D. was still not completed. Himself a Buddhist. Publications:…
HADLEY, George. 174? — London 10.9.1798. British Colonial Officer in India, Author of the first Hindūstānī Grammar in English. He joined the E.I.C.’s Bengal Army as a cadet in 1763, Lieutenant 1764, Captain 1766, retired 1771. In order to understand the sepoys, he compiled a Hindūstānī grammar and an English–…
HACKER, Paul Artur Erhard. Seelscheid, Bergisches Land (Kreis Sieg) 6.1.1913 — Münster, Westfalen 18.3.1979. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn and Münster. Son of Gendarmeriemeister Otto Hacker and Wilhelmine Behmenburg. After matriculation from Siegburg Gymnasium in 1932 studied Indology, modern literature (English, French and Russian) and philosophy at Bonn, Heidelberg, Frankfurt…
GULJAMOVA, Rano Hodžiakbarovna. Tashkent 20.1.1940 — 11.11.1985. Uzbekistanian Indologist (Hindi). Daughter of an official. Graduated 1962 Tashkent. Kand. filol. nauk 1976. In 1962-85 taught at Oriental Faculty, Tashkent University. Publications: Kand.diss. Višnu Prabhakar – prozaik i dramaturg. Manuscript of 168 p. M. 1976. – “Nekotorye idejno-hudož. osobennosti romana Višnu Prabhakara ‘Nišikant’”,…
GROWSE, Frederic(k) Salmon. Bildeston, Suffolk 13.11.1836 — Haslemere, Surrey 19.5.1893. British Civil Servant and Indologist (Hindi Scholar) in India. Son of Robert Growse (1798–1877) and Mary Elizabeth Terry. Educated at Oriel College, from 1855 studies at Queen’s College, Oxford (B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862). Joined the I.C.S. in 1860, served in…
GRIGNARD, André. 1865? — 1935?. Father. S.J. Belgian Missionary in India. From the late 19th century worked in Ranchi. The North Dravidian Oraon language is now better known as Kurukh. Publications: “The Oraons and Mundas: From the Time of Their Settlement in India. (An Essay of Constructive History)”, Anthropos 4, 1909,…