HAMM, Frank-Richard. Königsberg 8.10.1920 — Bonn 11.11.1973. German Indologist and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Bonn. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard and Hedwig Hamm, moved with his parents to Hamburg in 1922 and matriculated there 1939. In 1940-41 studies i.al. of Indology, philosophy and ethnology at Hamburg (under Schubring, Zieseniss, E. Fraenkel…
HALL, Fitzedward. Troy, N.Y. 21.3.1825 — Marlesford, Suffolk 1.2.1901 (or 11.2.?). U.S. Indologist, in India 1846-62 and then in the U.K. Born in an old New England family, son of Daniel Hall (1787–1868), a lawyer, and Anginetta Fitch. Educated in Troy, Walpole and Poughkeepsie, graduated 1842 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…
HALBFASS, Wilhelm. Nordheim, Niedersachsen 11.5.1940 — Bryn Mawr, PA 25.5.2000. German Indologist and Philosopher in the U.S.A. After 20 years in the U.S.A. still German citizen. Son of Willi and Ilse-Marie Halbfass. Studies of philosophy, Indology (Waldschmidt) and classical philology 1959-61 & 1962-66 at Göttingen, 1961-62 at Vienna. Ph.D. 1966…
HAGREN, Klas. Uddevalla 12.2.1953 — Uppsala 26.8.2000. Swedish Indologist. Matriculated from Uddevalla 1973. Studies of Indology at Stockholm and Uppsala. In 1988-2000 universitetsadjunkt teaching Sanskrit, Pāli, Hindī and Tamil at Uppsala. At the time of his “sudden and tragic death” his Ph.D. was still not completed. Himself a Buddhist. Publications:…
HAEBERLIN (Häberlen), Johannes. Tuttlingen, Württemberg 19.8.1808 — Hooghly near Calcutta 12.11.1849. German Missionary and Indologist, in India 1832-37 and 1839-49. Son of Joh. Konrad Haeberlin, a shoemaker, and Regina Ruoff. Learned his father’s craft and worked as shoemaker from 1826, but was since childhood interested in missionary work and studied…
HACKER, Paul Artur Erhard. Seelscheid, Bergisches Land (Kreis Sieg) 6.1.1913 — Münster, Westfalen 18.3.1979. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn and Münster. Son of Gendarmeriemeister Otto Hacker and Wilhelmine Behmenburg. After matriculation from Siegburg Gymnasium in 1932 studied Indology, modern literature (English, French and Russian) and philosophy at Bonn, Heidelberg, Frankfurt…
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…
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…