HABERLANDT, Michael. Altenburg (now Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary) 29.9.1860 — Vienna 14.6.1940. Austrian Anthropologist and Indologist. Son of agronomist Friedrich Haberlandt (1826–1878) and Katharina Köhler. Studies of Indology, etc. at Vienna (Fr. Müller & Bühler), Ph.D. 1882. In 1892 he became the first PD of Ethnology at Vienna University, from 1910 with…
HAAS, George Christian Otto. New York 28.3.1883 — Passaic, NJ 9.10.1964. U.S. Indologist and Sectarian. Son of Rev. George Christian Frederick Haas (1854–1927), a Lutheran pastor, and Anna Sophia Hansen (1859–1904). Studies at Columbia University: A.B. 1902, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 1909 (under Williams Jackson). In 1904-11 tutor at City College…
HAAS, Ernst Anton Max. Coburg 18.4.1835 — London 3.7.1882. German Indologist in London. Son of Friedrich Haas. After school in Coburg studies of Germanic and Romance philology at Berlin and Bonn. Through comparative linguistics he became interested in Sanskrit and went to Tübingen to study under Roth, then also Weber’s…
HAARH, Erik Helge. Frederiksberg 20.9.1929 — 1.12.1993. Danish Scholar of Tibetan and Comparative Religion. Professor in Aarhus. Son of Georg Emil Halvor Haarh, an engineer, and his wife Laurene Kristine. Matriculated in 1948. Studies of history of religions and Eastern languages at Copenhagen (S. A. Pallis, K. Grønbech, Tuxen &…
HAAG, Friedrich. Diessenhofen (or Hüttwilen), Canton Thurgau 14.1.1846 — Bern 3.11.1914. Swiss Classical Philologist and Indologist. Son of Ulrich Haag and Barbara Zimmermann. Studies at Zürich (Schweizer-Sidler), Göttingen and Berlin (Weber). Ph.D. Zürich 1869. In 1873 teacher in Frauenfeld (where —> E. Leumann was his disciple) and PD of Sanskrit…
HAAFNER (Haffner), Jacob Godfried. Halle 13.5.1754 — Amsterdam 4.9.1809. Dutch (German-born) traveller and precursor of Indology. His father, Matthias Haffner, originally from Alsace (Colmar), was sent by his catholic parents to monastery, but ran away and studied medicine at Halle, where he also married and adopted Lutheran confession. He brought…
HAACK, August. Oppeln, Upper Silesia (now Opole in Poland) 10.6.1845 — Ratibor (Racibórz in Poland) 12.6.1908. German Priest and Translator of Sanskrit Classics. Ordained 1870. Served as vicar and minister in Upper Silesia, from 1891 in Sudoll (Sudół) near Ratibor. Died of Typhus. Publications: Someśvaradeva: Kîrtikaumudî oder die Lotusblume des…
GWYNN, John Peter Lucius. London 22.6.1916 — Bromley, Kent 14.9.1999. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Tudor Gwynn (1881–1956), I.C.S., of Irish background, and Joan Sedding. After early childhood in South India educated in Oxford and Dublin (St.Columba’s College). After studies of Classics and Comparative Linguistics at Dublin…
GUYARD, Stanislas. Frottey-lès-Vesoul (Haute-Saône) 27.9.1846 — Paris 7.9.1884. French Oriental, especially Semitic scholar, but with wide interests, including Indology. Son of Auguste Guyard (1808–1882), a radical idealist who wanted to introduce a universal religion and homeopathy. Spent three years in Russia, came to Paris in 1861 in the age of…
GURNER, Cyril Walter. London 18.1.1888 — 14.8.1960. Sir. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s School, studies at Oriel College, Oxford, and London University. M.A. Passed the I.C.S. examination in 1910 and went to Bengal. District Magistrate in Mymensingh. From 1918 Deputy Chairman of the Calcutta…