JENSEN, Hans

JENSEN, Hans Mathias Detlef. Struvenhütten in Holstein 28.8.1884 — Rostock 4.8.1973. German (East) Linguist. Professor in Rostock. Son of Franz Jensen and Mathilde Schenck. Gymnasium in Flensburg, studies 1905-09 at Munich, Berlin and Kiel. Ph.D. 1909 Kiel. In 1909-27 gymnasium teacher in Odenkirchen, Hildesheim and Kiel. From 1921 PD at…

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JAGIĆ, Vatroslav

JAGIĆ, Ignati Vatroslav, Ritter von Varaždin. Varaždin, Croatia (then Austria) 6.6.1838 — Vienna 5.8.1923. Croatian Slavic Linguist and Philologist. Son of Vinko J., a boot maker master, and Ana Kraijek. After gymnasium in Zagreb, studies of classical, Slavic, etc. languages at Vienna (under Miklosich, et al.) in 1856-60. Then teacher…

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JACOBSOHN, Herman

JACOBSOHN, Hermann. Lüneburg 30.8.1879 — Marburg a.d. Lahn 27.4.1933. German Linguist (Iranian, IE and Greek Scholar). Professor in Marburg. Son of Moritz J., a banker, and Betty Heinemann. After school in Lüneburg from 1899 studies at Freiburg Br., Berlin and Göttingen. Ph.D. 1904 Munich. In 1904-11 Assistant in Thesaurus linguae Latinae…

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HATZIDAKIS, Georgios Nikolaou

HATZIDAKIS, Georgios Nikolaou (Γεώργιος Νικολάου Χατζιδάκις). Myrthios, Hagios Basileios dt., Crete 11./23.11.1848 — Athens 26.6.1941. Greek Linguist, Founder of Modern Greek Linguistics. Professor in Athens. Educated at village school. Like his father and grandfather, acted against Turkish rule and came in 1868 to Athens as refugee. Attended there the II…

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HATFIELD, James Taft

HATFIELD, James Taft. Brooklyn, NY 15.6.1862 — Cook county, Illinois 3.10.1945. U.S. Linguist (Germanic and IE) and Indologist. Professor in Evanstown. Son of a Methodist minister, Robert Miller H. and Elizabeth Ann Taft. Educated in Philadelphia. A.B. 1883 Northwestern University, A.M. 1886 ibid. (and 1937 Litt.D.). In 1883-84 travelled in…

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HASE, Carl Benedict / Charles-Benoît

HASE, Carl Benedikt / Charles-Benoît. Sulza, Thüringen 11.5.1780 — Paris 21.3.1864. German Linguist in France. Professor in Paris. Son of Christian-Gottfried H. (1731–1791), a Lutheran minister and Superintendent of Allstadt. After Gymnasium in Weimar studied at the universities of Jena (1798-99, 1801) and Helmstedt (1800), mainly theology, Greek and Arabic.…

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HAŞDEU, Bogdan Petriceicu

HAŞDEU, Bogdan Petriceicu (himself wrote Hasdeu, born as Tadeu Hâjdău). Cristineştii, Hotinului, Bessarabia (now Kerstentsi in Ukraina) 26.2.1838 — Cîmpína 25.8.1907. Romanian Historian, Linguist and Author interested in Sanskrit. Born in Russian empire of a Moldovan boyar family, son of the luminary Alexandru Hâjdeu. His father had read Bopp’s comparative…

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HARTMANN, Peter

HARTMANN, Peter. Berlin-Schöneberg 16.4.1923 — Münster 9.3.1984. German Linguist. Professor in Münster and Konstanz. Son of Hubert H., an officer, and grandson of —> Felix H. Matriculated 1942 from Berlin and went to army. Wounded in Stalingrad, later became British war prisoner. From 1946 studied comparative linguistics and Japanese at…

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HARTING, Peter

HARTING, Peter (Pieter Nicolaus Ubbo). Batavia (Jakarta) 15.1.1892 — Amsterdam 11.8.1970. Dutch Indologist and Linguist (English). After Gymnasium in Amersfoort studied at Utrecht (1918 M.A. in Dutch), in Indology student of Caland. Ph.D. 1922 Utrecht. In 1920-23 Reader in Dutch at University of London, also at Bedford College for Women,…

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HARRINGTON, John P.

HARRINGTON, John Peabody. Waltham, MA 29.4.1884 — San Diego, CAL 21.10.1961. U.S. Linguist and Anthropologist. Son of Elliot Augustus H. and Mary Lidia Peabody. Moved to California as child. Studied anthropology and classics, then also IE, at Stanford (A.B. 1905), Berkeley, Leipzig and Berlin, without completing his Ph.D. In 1915-55…

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