HUTTEN, Kurt. Langenburg, Kr. Schwäbisch-Hall 6.3.1901 — Ludwigsburg, Württemberg 17.8.1979. German Theologian (ev.). Studies at seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren and at Tübingen University. Ph.D. 1930 Tübingen, under Hauer. Until 1927 vicar in Schnaitheim und Mergentheim, from 1930 employed in church administration. Served in WW II, then American prisoner of…
HUC, Évariste-Régis. Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne) 1.8.1813 — Paris 31.3.1860. French Lazarist Missionary in China. Son of Jacques-François-Régis Huc and Marie-Rose Maleterre. Seminary in Toulouse. When 24 joined the Vincentian order (C.M.) in Paris, 1838 ordained priest and arrived in China in 1839. Worked in Macao, Peking and Heishui near Mongolian border.…
HOUGHTON, Herbert Pierrepont. Brooklyn, NY 22.1.1880 — Wellesley Hills, MA 11.5.1964. Rev. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit and Linguistics. Son of Joseph Goodhue H. and Sarah Pierrepont Edwards. B.A. 1901 and M.A. 1904 Amherst College. Ph.D. 1907 Johns Hopkins (diss. on Greek), also studied at Princeton. In 1908-15 President…
HOSTEN, Henri. Ramscapelle, West Flanders 26.3.1873 — Brussels 16.4.1935. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary Scholar in India. After Apostolic Church in Turnhout joined the Jesuit Order. Suspected of consumption he was in 1893 sent to Kandy to die there, but recovered quickly and started teacher’s work in Ceylon. In 1900 came…
HORST, Christopher Henry (Christoph Heinrich). Willenburg near Schwerin 24.5.1761 — Tanjavur 10.7.1810. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Son of Anton Wilhelm H. and Veronica Voigt (d. 1761). Grew up in Ratzeburg. From 1781 studied medicine at Göttingen, but soon joined Hannoveran army and went to India, arriving 1787 in Madras.…
HOOLE, Elijah. Manchester 1798 — London 17.6.1872. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Holland Hoole, a shoemaker, educated at Manchester. In 1820 he went to India as a Wesleyan missionary, participated in the Committee for revising the Tamil Bible in Madras. In 1828 left India because of ill-health and…
HOISINGTON, Henry Richard. Vergennes, Vermont 23.8.1801 — Centerbrook, CT 6.5.1858. U.S. Missionary and Tamil Scholar in South Asia. Son of Job H. (1762–1813), a militia officer, and Sarah Elizabeth Knabb. Studies at Williams College and Auburn Theological Seminary. Ordained priest 1831. In 1833 joined the Sri Lanka mission and was…
HOHENBERGER, Adam. Grubenberg, Oberfranken 4.7.1888 — 1966. German Indologist. Priest in Bavaria. Educated in Leipzig, in 1913-18 studies at Leipzig, of Protestant Theology, comparative religion, missiology and Indology (under Windisch). Ph.D. in December 1918 Leipzig. Worked in various positions in the church in Munich, Brand, and Schwabach, in 1938-56 a…
HOFFMANN, John-Baptist (Johann Baptist). Wallendorf, Eifel 21.6.1857 — 19.11.1928. S.J. German Missionary in Chota Nagpur, India. Born in Germany, educated in Echternach and Luxembourg. Joined S.J. as novice in Arlon, Belgium in 1877 and immediately left for India. Worked as teacher in Calcutta and Ranchi, with not much success. Ordained…
HJELT, Frans Wilhelm Gustaf. Turku 22.5.1819 — Turku 26.9.1889. Finnish Priest and Classical Scholar. Son of the printing manager and publisher Christian Ludvig H. (1786-1849) and Hedvig Lovisa Chytraeus. He matriculated from Turku Gymnasium in 1836, and studied at Helsinki University (M.A. 1840). Teacher at his old school, in 1842-43…