KRÁSA, Miloslav. Libočany 6.1.1920 — 2004. Czech Indologist. Studied Hindi under Pořízka at Prague, 1947-48 at Allahabad, graduated 1953. In 1954-97 taught at Prague. Publications: The Temples of Angkor. Monuments to a Vanished Empire. 272 p. London 1963. – Unending Discoveries of Eastern Cultures. 208 p. Prague 1966. – Looking Towards…
KÖNIG, Franz B. Warth bei Rabenstein, Lower Austria 3.8.1905 — Vienna 13.3.2004. Austrian Orientalist and Scholar of Religion, Roman Catholic Priest, Cardinal. Son of Franz K. (1867–1913) and Maria Fink. Gymnasium in Melk. Studies at Vienna and Rome (under Messsina). Ph.D. 1930 Rome. In 1933 ordained priest in Rome. In…
KLOPPENBORG, Ria (Maria Anna Geertruida Theresia Kl.). Utrecht 8.3.1945 — Utrecht 4.10.2003. Dutch Indologist and Scholar of Religion. From 1963 studies of law, but soon of Indology and Buddhism at Leiden and Utrecht. M.A. 1970. Ph.D. 1974 Utrecht (Gonda). From 1970 taught Indian religions at Department of Religion in Utrecht…
HORSLEY, William Henry. Teddington, Middlesex 28.10.1812 — England 8.2.1893. British Colonial Engineer Officer. Son of of George Henry Horsley of Middlesex and Frances Elizabeth Harding. After Addiscombe a year of specialist training at Chatham and then joined Madras Engineers. Mainly involved with civil engineering projects, especially in Travancore. Finally Lieutenant-Colonel.…
HOENS, Dirk Jan. Oldenzaal 11.8.1920 — 23.2.2003. Dutch scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor in Utrecht. After gymnasium in Leiden and the Hague, from 1939 studies of Indology at Utrecht under Gonda, first interested in language, soon in religion. As his main subject he studied theology, and after his doctorate concentrated…
HOENIGSWALD, Henry Max (born Heinrich Max Franz Hönigswald). Breslau 17.4.1915 — Haverford, PA 16.6.2003. U.S. (German-born) Linguist (IE and Hindi). Professor in Philadelphia. Son of Professor Richard Hönigswald (1875–1947), a philosopher of Austro-Bohemian Jewish origin, and Gertrud Frunwald (d. 1921). Gymnasium in Breslau and Munich, matriculated 1932. Studied comparative linguistics…
HEIDRICH, Joachim. 13.7.1930 — Berlin 8.7.2004. German (East) Scholar of Modern India. Matriculated 1948. Studied Indology and Ethnology Berlin. Ph.D. 1958 Berlin (under Ruben). In 1973-81 in G.D.R. diplomatic service in New Delhi and Calcutta. In 1981-89 at Zentralinstitut für Geschichte in Berlin, then at Forschungsschwerpunkt Moderner Orient, emeritus 1995.…
HART, Gillian (Jill) R. Eastbourne, Sussex 11.8.1934 — 8.2.2004. British Indo-European Linguist. Daughter of farmer Alexander and Catherine Hart. During the war the family moved to Devon and 1945 to South Oxfordshire. After school in Reading 1947-53 one year studies at Reading University, then from 1954 at Oxford (Lady Margaret…
HARMATTA, János. Hódmezővásárhely, komitat Csongrád 2.10.1917 — Budapest 24.7.2004. Hungarian Indo-Iranian Scholar. Born in south-eastern Hungary. After gymnasium in his home town from 1935 studies of classical, IE and Iranian philology and Indology at Budapest, Ph.D. 1940 in Greek. Then in army and briefly war-prisoner. From 1947 Docent of Greek…
HARLE, James (Jim) Coffin. Santa Monica, Calif. 5.4.1920 — 27.6.2004. U.S. Art Historian in the U.K. Son of James Wyly Harle and Elfrieda Frances Baumann. Educated at St George’s School in Newport, RI, studies at Princeton (B.A. 1942). In 1942-46 in war service in U.S.N.R., Aviation Branch, retired as Lieutenant.…