HOLLINGS, William Charles. Calcutta 27.3.1810 — near Cawnpore (Kanpur) 1857. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of merchant William Charles Hollings (1770–1815), lost early his father and was sent to London for education (his mother Sophia née Gail followed 1817). Cadet of E.I.C. 1826 and left for Calcutta. Learned quickly…
HOLLER, Helmuth Peter. Holstein 8.6.1871 — 19??. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Missionary in India. Studies at Berlin and Kiel. Ph.D. In 1895 came to the U.S.A. Ordained Lutheran priest 1896. Two years minister in Nebraska, then 1897-1900 Principal of Rajahmundry Seminary (in Andhra Pradesh). Back from India he was Professor and…
HOFMANN, Alberich Konrad. Kloster Banz near Bamberg, Oberfranken 14.11.1819 — Waging am See, Bavaria 30.9.1890. German Linguist. Born in a monastery where his father was lay official. Educated in Bamberg. Studies at Munich, Erlangen, Berlin and Leipzig, began with medicine, but after three years changed to Sanskrit, Iranian and German.…
HIRZEL(-HENCKELL), Paul Arnold. Lenzurg, Canton Aargau 5.12.1861 — 8.1.1931. Swiss Indologist. Teacher in Aarau, grandson of —> Bernhard Hirzel (1807–1847). Son of Paul Arnold Hirzel (1834–1887), a lawyer, and Johanna Victoria Albrecht (1835–1879). Studies of classical philology, Romance and Germanic philology and Sanskrit at Strassburg (Strasbourg), Leipzig and Munich. Ph.D.…
HETÉNYI-HEIDELBERG, Ernő (Ernest H., Láma Dharmakírti Padmavadzsra). Budapest 13.2.1912 — Budapest 17.9.1999. Hungarian Bauddha and Tibetologist. Son of the operetta composer Albert Hetényi-Heidelberg (1875–1951) and Erzsébet Brunner. Dr.iuris. He became interested in Buddhism, especially Lama Anagarika Govinda (whom he met in 1836 in Italy), and in 1951 founded the Buddhist…
HENRIQUES, Henrique (-quez, Anrique Anriquez, Aṇṭiṟīkku Aṭikaḷār). Vila Viçosa, Evora 1520 — Punnaikkayal, dt. Tōttukkuṭi 6.2.1600. S.J. Portuguese Priest and Missionary, in India 1546-1600. Born in a Sephardic Jewish family. Rejected by Franciscans because of his Jewish background he studied Canonic Law at Coimbra and in 1545 joined the S.J.…
HELTEN, Willem Lodewijk van. Hedel (Gelderland) 30.8.1849 — ’s-Gravenhage 16.3.1917. Dutch Linguist. Son of Willem Lodewijk Martinus van Helten and Johanna Louise Susen. Educated in Leiden and Rotterdam. In 1865-71 studies at Leiden (probably learned Sanskrit from Kern). Ph.D. 1871 Leiden (diss. on Dutch). In 1870-82 school-teacher of Dutch in…
HEDBERG, Samuel Enoch (Enok). Bellö near Jönköping 19.9.1871 — Lund 17.4.1945 (1947?). Rev. Swedish Missionary in India. Son of Samuel Fredrik Olofsson (1849–1957) and Anna Lena Andersdotter, a modest tenant family. Educated at mission school in Johannelund. Went in 1905 to Central India, where his elder sister Hanna already worked…
HARTMANN, Hans Adolf Dietrich. Rüstringen bei Wilhelmshaven 18.11.1909 — 11.12.2000. German Linguist and Celtologist. Son of a policeman, Gustav Hartmann, and Johanna Theiken, educated in Jever. From 1928 studies of classics, Indology and IE at Marburg, 1930 moved to Berlin. Ph.D. 1933 Berlin (diss. on Russian). In 1937-39 studied Irish…
HARRISON, H. J. 1??? — 1???. Rev. Missionary. Educated at Bishop’s College in Calcutta. In 1841 missionary in Barrioore near Calcutta, also studies at Bishop’s College. Around 1847 assisted as Catechist Rev. Driberg in founding the new Nurbudda Mission for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. One contemporary…