HART, Eric George. Mangalore 6.2.1878 — 8.10.1946. British Colonial Officer in India, then Professor in Dublin. Son of Henry Hart, M.B.E. Educated at Victoria College in Jersey and at Wellington College. Joined the army and in 1900-01 served in China, 1901-02 in Makran, 1904 in Aden, in 1906 joined Indian…
HARRY, Joseph Edward. Harford Co., MD 1.10.1863 — New York 12.8.1949. U.S. Classical (Greek) Scholar also interested in Modern Languages and Sanskrit. Professor in Georgetown, Cincinnati and Columbia. Son of David Harry (1829–1903) and Maria Jane Warner. A quaker. Educated at Johns Hopkins (A.B. 1886, Ph.D. 1889), in 1887 further…
HARRISON, Max Hunter. Victoria, co. Knox, Illinois 24.12.1893 — Auburndale, co. Middlesex, Mass. 20.2.1986. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Jacob Hunter Harrison (1841–1917) and Ellen Wilmetta Levalley. Studied mathematics and Greek at Knox College (B.A. 1913), then at Andower Newton Theological School (B.Th. 1916) and Harvard Divinity School…
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…
HARRIS, Charles. Albion, Illinois 19.11.1859 — Cleveland 2.9.1943. U.S. Germanist, also Student of Indology. Son of George Harris (1829–1916) and Catherine Smith. In 1875-79 studies at University of Indiana (A.B. 1879) and from 1881 at Leipzig (under Windisch). Ph.D. 1884 Leipzig. Worked as teacher, 1888-93 Professor of German at Oberlin…
HARPER, William Rainey. New Concord, Ohio 24.7.1856 — Chicago 10.1.1906. U.S. Linguist. Born in an Irish-Scottish family, son of Samuel Harper (1823–1905) and Elizabeth Rainey. A child prodigy who learned many languages, Greek, Latin, Semitic, etc. Studies at Muskingum College (graduated when 14) and Yale (Ph.D. when 18). In Sanskrit…
HARLEZ DE DEULIN, Charles-Joseph, chevalier de. Huy/Liège 21.8.1832 — Louvain (Leuven) 14.7.1899. Belgian Oriental, especially Iranian scholar. Professor in Louvain. Son of Conrad-Lambert de Harlez (1784–1858) and Marie-Antoinette de Reul de Bonneville (1798–1855), of local nobility of Liège. Concluded law studies at Liège in 1858. Also attended a seminary and…
HARINGTON, John Herbert. Woodford, Witshire 12.3.1765 — London 9.4.1828. British Civil Servant and Oriental Scholar in India. In India 1780-1819 & 1822-28. Son of Rev. John Harington (1732–1795) and Rachel Hawes (1741–1782). Came to India in 1780 as a Writer of E.I.C. in Calcutta, 1781 Assistant in Revenue Department, from…
HARES, Walter Pullin. Alcester, Warwickshire 12.4.1877 — 21.1.1962. British Missionary in India. Son of George Daniel Hares (1841–1913) and Harriet Emma Pullin. Educated at King’s Lynn and Durham University (B.A.). In 1906-11 missionary in charge in Narowal, 1912-13 Principal and Warden of St. John’s Divinity School in Lahore, 1913-16 again…
HARE, Edward Miles. Leicester 4.3.1893 — Oldham, Hampshire 26.10.1955. British Pāli Scholar in Sri Lanka. Son of Charles Edward Hare and Agnes Pruen. Educated at Stamford School in Lincolnshire, where F. L. Woodward was his teacher and introduced him into Pāli. Served in WW I as Lieutenant. In 1918-50 tea…