HIRTH, Friedrich. Gräfentonna, Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha 16.4.1845 — Munich 9.1.1927. German Sinologist in the U.S.A. Spent 25 years in China, then Professor in New York. Son of Georg Hirth (1807–1857), a lawyer, and Louise Drevelle du Frênes (1819–1860). Educated at Gotha Gymnasium, in 1865-68 studies of classical philology at Leipzig, Berlin and…
HINZ, Walther. Stuttgart 19.11.1906 — Göttingen 12.4.1992. German Oriental and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of a merchant, lost early his parents. In 1926-30 studied at Leipzig, Munich and Paris, first journalism, but soon switched to East European history, Slavistics, Turkish and Persian (under Schaeder and Massé). Ph.D. 1930…
HILL, Samuel Charles. Berhampore, West Bengal 16.7.1857 — Torquay, Devon 6.5.1926. British Historian of India. Son of Rev. Samuel John Hill (1825–1891), L.M.S. missionary in India (also his father, Micaiah Hill, had been missionary in India) and Leonora Josephina Müller. Educated at Blackheath School (for the sons of missionaries), at…
HEWITT, James Francis Katharinus. Desertlyn, co. Londonderry 21.6.1835 — Wheatley, Oxfordshire 14.3.1908. British Civil Servant in India, a Scholar of Indian Ethnology and Prehistory. Born in Ireland, son of Rev. John Pratt Hewitt (1796–1880) and Elizabeth Gervais. Educated in Westminster, studies at Oxford (Christ Church). Joined I.S.C., served in Krishnagarh.…
HERRMANN, Albert Ludwig. Hannover 20.1.1886 — Pilsen (Plzeň in Czech) 19.4.1945. German Scholar of Historical Geography. Son of school director Konrad Herrmann (1844–1910) and Bertha Engelnord. After school in Lingen/Ems studied from 1904 at Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. Göttingen 1910 (under H. Wagner). Worked as school-teacher until 1933. From 1923…
HERAS, Henry (born Enrique/Enric Heras i Sicars). Canet d’Adri near Girona, Catalonia (Catalonian Viquipedia Barcelona) 11.9.1888 — Bombay 14.12.1955. S. J. Spanish Historian in India. Professor in Bombay. Son of Maria Sicars i Couret and Ponç (Pontio) Heras i Jorda, of a very old and well-to-do Catalonian family. Studies of…
HEEREN, Arnold Hermann Ludwig. Arbergen near Bremen 25.10.1760 — Göttingen 6.3.1842. German Historian and Classical Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of Heinrich Ehrhard Heeren (1728–1811), a clergyman, and Margarethe Wolters (d. 1770), educated under a tutor until 16, when family moved to Bremen and Heeren went to Gymnasium there. In…
HEARN, Gordon Risley. Madras 7.9.1871 — Brighton, Sussex 7.6.1953. Sir. British Colonial Officer (Engineer) in India. Colonel. Son of Charles Shuckburgh Hearn (1829–1884) and Margaret Miller Megoun (1844–1932) Educated at Winchester College, Woolwich Military Academy and School of Military Engineering. From 1890 served in Royal Engineers in India, for 30…
JUSTI, Ferdinand Wilhelm Jakob. Marburg 2.6.1837 — Marburg 17.2.1907. German Iranian and IE Scholar. Professor in Marburg. Son of a minister, Wilhelm Justi (1801–1876) and Friederike Ruppersberg, grandson of Karl Wilhelm Justi (1767-1846), Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Marburg. In 1856-59 studies at Marburg (under Gildemeister), then 1859-60 at…
JUNGE, Peter Julius. Bonn 30.8.1913 — 1943. German Classical and Iranian Scholar. Educated in Breslau, then studies at Vienna and Breslau, joined NS-Schülerbund 1929 when still at school and NSDAP in 1931. Studies at Vienna and Breslau. Ph.D. 1936 Breslau (under E. Kornemann). Still in 1936 (or 1938?) visited Iran.…