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HANNAY, Simon Fraser. 12.11.1801 — Assam 30.1.1861. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Henry H. and Helen Fraser. ...

HANSEN, Olaf. St.Petersburg 11.4.1902 — Kiel 10.1.1969. German Indo-Iranian, especially Middle Iranian Scholar. Professor in Berlin (West). Son of G. O. ...

HANUSZ, Jan. Kołodziejówka near Stanislawów (then Austrian Galicia) 13.7.1858 — Paris 26.7.1887. Polish (Austrian) Indo-Iranian, Slavic, Armenian and Gipsy Scholar. Born ...

HANXLEDEN, Johannes Ernst (Arnos Pathiri = Ernst Padre). Osterkappeln bei Osnabrück 1681 — “Pashur” (= Palayur, or Pazhur?), Kerala ...

HARDING, H. O. D. 18?? — 22.2.1916. British Civil Servant in India. I,C.S. In 1913-16 District Judge in Tiruccirappalli. Married, one son born ...

HARDY, Edmund Georg Nicolaus. Mainz 9.7.1852 — Würzburg (or Bonn?) 10.10.1904. German Catholic Priest and Indologist. Son of pharmacist Edmund H. ...

HARDY, Robert Spence. Preston 1.7.1803 — Headingley near Leeds 16.4.1868. Rev. British Methodist ...

HARE, Edward Miles. Norfolk 4.3.1893 — 26.10.1955. British Pāli Scholar in Sri Lanka. ...

HARES, Walter Pullin. 12.4.1877 — 21.1.1962. British Missionary in India. Educated at King’s Lynn and Durham University (B.A.). In 1906-11 missionary in charge ...

HARGREAVES, Harold. 29.5.1876 — 19??. British Archaeologist in India. For a while served as headmaster of the Government High School in Amritsar. Worked ...

HARINGTON, John Herbert. 1764 — London 9.4.1828. British Civil Servant and Oriental Scholar in India. In India 1780-1819 & 1822-28. Came to India ...

HARLEZ DE DEULIN, Charles-Joseph, chevalier de. Huy/Liège 21.8.1832 — Louvain 14.7.1899. Belgian Orientalist, especially Iranian scholar. Professor in Louvain. Born in Liège in local nobility, concluded law studies at Liège 1858. In 1858-62 he worked ...

HARPER, William Rainey. New Concord, Ohio 24.7.1856 — Chicago 10.1.1906. U.S. Linguist. Born in an Irish-Scottish family, son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth Rainey. A child prodigy who learned ...

HARRINGTON, John Peabody. Waltham MA 29.4.1884 — San Diego CAL 21.10.1961. U.S. Linguist and Anthropologist. Moved to California as child. Studied anthropology and ...

HARRIS, Charles. Albion, Illinois 19.11.1859 — 1943. U.S. Student of Indology. In 1875-79 studies at University of Indiana and from 1881 at Leipzig ...

HARRIS, E. B. 1??? — 1???. British Railway Engineer in India. During the railway construction in 1862 in Bihar discovered the Sultanganj bronze ...

HARRISON, Hugh. 18?? — 19??. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. In the 1930s Lecturer in Hindi and Marathi at Caius College in ...

HARRISON, Max Hunter. Victoria, Illinois 24.12.1893 — 1986. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Jacob H. H. and Ellen Wilmetta Levalley. Studied ...

HARRY, Joseph Edward. Harford Co., MD 1.10.1863 — New York 12.8.1949. U.S. Classical (Greek) Scholar also interested in Modern Languages and Sanskrit. Professor ...

HART, Eric George. Mangalore 6.2.1878 — 8.10.1946. British Officer in India. Professor in Dublin. Son of Henry H., M.B.E. Educated at Victoria College ...

HARTING, Peter (Pieter Nicolaus Ubbo). Batavia 15.1.1892 — Amsterdam 11.8.1970. Dutch Indologist and Linguist (English). After Gymnasium in Amersfoort studied at ...

HARTMAN, Sven Samuel. Högbo, Gävleborgs län 22.6.1917 — 1988/89. Swedish Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor at Åbo (Turku) and Lund. Matriculation ...

HARTMANN, Felix. Berlin 7.1.1857 — 19??. German Germanist, Classical, and IE Scholar. In 1884-1920 Oberlehrer at Kad.korp. Also studies IE at Göttingen under ...

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 ...

HAŞDEU, Bogdan Petriceicu (born Tadeu Hâjdeu). Cristineştii, Hotin, Bessarabia (now Kerstentsi in Ukraina) 26.2.1838 — Cîmpína 25.8.1907. Romanian Historian, Linguist and ...

HASE, Carl Benedict / Charles-Benoît. Sulza, Thüringen 11.5.1780 — Paris 21.3.1864. German Linguist in France. Professor in Paris. Son of Christian-Gottfried H., a ...

HASKELL, Willabe (Willoughby). Freeport, Cumberland, Maine 19.8.1839 — New Haven 7.5.1913. U.S. Scholar and Journalist. Ph.D. 1863 Yale (under Whitney). Librarian in Yale University Reading Room in New Haven, two daughters.

Publications: ...

HASTINGS, Warren. Churchill, Oxfordshire 6.12.1732 — Daylesford, Gloucestershire 22.8.1818. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Pynaston H., lost soon his mother. Educated ...

HATCH, Emily Gilchriest. 1897 — 19??. U.S. Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1935 Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y. She was married with Duane Specer ...

HATFIELD, James Taft. Brooklyn, N.Y. 15.6.1862 — Cook county, Illinois 3.10.1945. U.S. Linguist (Germanic and IE) and Indologist. Professor in Evanstown. ...

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 ...

HAUER, Jakob Wilhelm. Ditzingen/Kr. Leonberg, Württemberg 4.4.1881 — Tübingen 18.2.1962. German Indologist. Professor in Tübingen. Son of a master plasterer in ...

HAUG, Martin. Ostdorf bei Balingen, Württemberg 30.1.1827 — Ragaz, Switzerland 3.6.1876. German Indo-Iranian Scholar. Son of a farmer, who only reluctantly allowed his talented son ...

HAUGHTON, Graves Champney. Dublin 1788 — St.Cloud near Paris 28.8. 1849. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Indologist. Son of the physician ...

HAUSCHILD, Richard. Roschütz/Kr. Gera 2.12.1901 — Jena 15.2.1972. German (East) Indologist. Professor in Jena. Son of a farmer, matriculated from the ...

HAUSHEER, Jakob. Eollishofen bei Zürich 11.10.1865 — Zürich 7.5.1943. Swiss Orientalist. Son of Johann Kaspar H., a poor farmer, and Anna Barbara Weiss. ...

HAUSSIG, Hans Wilhelm. 1916 — 1994. German Historian of Antiquity, Byzantium and Central Asia. Taught Byzantine history at F.U.Berlin, from 1969 also Near ...

HAUTESRAYES —> LE ROUX DESHAUTESRAY

HAUVETTE-BESNAULT, Eugène-Louis. Malesherbes (Loiret) 15.2. 1820 — Malesherbes 28.6.1890. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Studies at Séminaire de Saint-Nicolas, after matriculation tutor for the son ...

HAVELL, Ernest Binfield. Readeng 16.9.1861 — Oxford 20.12.1935 (Wiki 31.12.1834). British Art Historian of India. In 1885-1906 in Indian Educational Service. Son of ...

HAVELOCK, Henry. Bishopwearmouth, Durham 5.4.1795 — Dilkusha 25.11.1857. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of William H., a wealthy shipbuilder, and ...

HAVERS, Wilhelm Maria Hubert. Aachen 5.1.1879 — Vienna 2.3.1961. German IE Linguist in Austria. Son of school-teacher Johann Josef H. and Maria Agnes ...

HAWKINS, William (Hawkyns). 15?? — 1613. British Traveller. Of unknown origin, probably not the same as W.H., the nephew of Sir John H., ...

HAWKINS, William (Hawkyns). 15?? — 1613. British Traveller. Of unknown origin, probably not the same as W.H., the nephew of Sir John H., ...

HAY, John. near Aberdeen 23.4.1812 — 1891. Rev. British (Scots) Missionary in India. Son of Patrick Hay, educated at Aberdeen University, M.A. 1833. ...

HEARN, Gordon Risley. 7.9.1871 — 7.6.1953. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Served in Royal Engineers,, for 30 years constructed railways in ...

HEBER, Reginald. Malpas, Cheshire 21.4.1783 — Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) 3.4.1826. Right Rev. British Bishop and Traveller in India. Son of Rev. Reginald Heber, educated ...

HECQUET, ?. 18?? — 1???. French Colonial Officer in South India. In 1878 he was a former mator of Pondichéry, who was supposed soon to ...

HEDIN, Sven Anders. Stockholm 19.2.1865 — Stockholm 26.11.1952. Swedish Explorer and Central Asian Scholar. Made several journeys of exploration to Iran, Central Asia ...

HEDSTRÖM, Oskar Frithiof. Tingstäde, Gotland 10.7.1846 — 1904?. Swedish Schoolteacher and Student of Philology. Son of Captain Clas H. and Emilie Grubb. Matriculated ...

HEEREN, Arnold Hermann Ludwig. Arbergen near Bremen 25.10.1760 — Göttingen 6.3.1842. German Historian and Classical Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of ...

HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Stuttgart 27.8.1770 — Berlin 14.11.1831. Famous German Philosopher. Professor in Berlin. After studies of philosophy ...

HEILER, Friedrich. Munich 30.1.1892 — Munich 28.4.1967. German Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor in Marburg. Born in a Catholic family. From ...

HEILMAN, Luigi. Portalbera 21.8.1911 — Bologna 9.10.1988. Italian Indologist and Linguist. Professor in Bologna. Studies at Padova (Suali). In 1934-37 Assistant at Catholic ...

HEIMANN, Betty. Wandsbeck bei Hamburg 29.3.1888 — Sirmione at the Lake Garda 19.5.1961. German Indologist in Sri Lanka. Daughter of a ...

HEINE-GELDERN, Robert, Freiherr von (born Robert Heine). Grub, Niederösterreich 16.7.1885 — Vienna 25.5.1968. ...

HELD, Gerrit Jan. Kampen 1.7.1906 — Jakarta 28.9.1955. Dutch Anthropologist. After gymnasium in Kampen, from 1926 studied Sanskrit, Old Javanese and Ethnology at Leiden. Ph.D. 1935 ...

HELLER, Ludwig. Travemünde 18.8.1866 — Greifswald 21.8.1945. German Indologist. Professor in Greifswald. Son of Ludwig H., a minister, historian Johannes H. ...

HENDERSON, Vincent Carlile. 187? — Shanghai 9.1.1910. British (Irish) in China. For a while in London and Vancouver. Joined the Imperial ...

HENDLEY, Thomas Holbein. 21.4.1847 — London 2.2.1917. British Physician in India. Colonel. Educated privately and at St.Bartholomew’s Hospital. Joined Indian Medical ...

HENDRIKSEN, Hans Frederik. Jutland 6.6.1913 — 1989. Danish Indologist. Professor in Copenhagen. Son of an official, matriculated from Østre Borgerdydskole in ...

HENNING, Walter Bruno. Ragnit/Ostpreussen (now Neman in Russia) 26.8.1908 — Berkeley, Calif. 8.1.1967. German Iranian Scholar in the U.K. and U.S.A. ...

HENRIQUEZ, Henrique (Anrique Anriquez, Aṇṭiṟīkku Aṭikaḷār). Vila Viçosa, Evora 1520 — Punnaikkayal 6.2.1600. S.J. Portuguese (of Jewish origin) Priest and Missionary, ...

HENRY, Victor. Colmar, Alsace 17.8.1850 — Paris 6.2.1907. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Son of a teacher, studied law at Strasbourg ...

HENSELER, Éric de. 19?? — 19??. Swiss Student of Indian Religion. Of a Swiss family originating from Aarau, but living in Fribourg. Ph.D. 1928 Fribourg. Still ...

HENZI, Samuel Gottlieb Rudolf. Bern 7.9.1794 — Dorpat? 1.2.1829. Swiss Oriental Scholar and Theologian in Estonia. Professir in Tartu. Apparently passed cand.theol. in Switzerland (but not ...

HERAS, Henry (Enrique/Enric Heras de Sicars). Barcelona 11.9.1888 — Bombay 14.12.1955. S. J. Spanish Historian in India. Professor in Bombay. Son ...

HERBERICH, Gustav. 18?? — 1???. German Student of Indology. A student of Jolly at Würzburg, Ph.D. there 1893. He was then Realschulassistent in ...

HERBERT, Jean Daniel Fernand. Paris 27.6.1897 — Geneva 21.8.1980. French Scholar of Religion. Between world wars worked in various international organizations, in ...

HERBERT, Thomas. York 1606 — York 1.3.1682. Sir, First Baronet. British Traveller in Persia and India. Son of Christopher H., a merchant, and ...

HERBIG, Gustav. Kaiserslauben 3.6.1868 — Munich 1.10.1925. German IE Linguist and Etruscologist. Professor in Rostock and Munich. Son of Johann Heinrich H., a ...

HERDER, Johann Gottfried. Mohrungen, Ostpreussen 25.8.1744 — Weimar 18.12.1803. German Author, Philosopher and Scholar. Son of a precentor and teacher, studied theology at ...

HERKLOTS, Gerhard Andreas. Chinsura 1790 — Waladabad 1834. Dutch Physician in British Service in India. Born in the Dutch colony of ...

HERMANN, Eduard. Coburg 19.12.1869 — Göttingen 14.2.1950. German IE scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of Ernst H., a Rentkommissar, studied classical philology and ...

HERMANNS, Matthias. 1899 — 1972. Father, SVD. German Missionary, Ethnologist and Tibetan Scholar. A Roman Catholic priest. Ph.D. 1948 Fribourg. Worked as missionary ...

HÉROLD, André-Jules-Ferdinand. Paris 24.2.1865 — Lapras (St.Basile, Ardèche) 23.10.1949. French Poet interested in ...

HEROLD, Erich. Prague 3.1.1928 — Prague 7.12.1988. Czechoslovakian Ethnologist and Indologist. Museum Director in Prague. Studies of Indology ...

HERRMANN, Albert Ludwig. Hannover 20.1.1886 — Pilsen (Plzen) 19.4.1945. German Scholar of Historical Geography. In Berlin. Son of school director Konrad H. and ...

HERTEL, Johannes. Zwickau 13.3.1872 — Leipzig 27.10.1955. German Indologist. Professor in Leipzig. From 1891 Studies at Leipzig, of classics, German, English, ...

HERTZ, Henry Felix. 14.5.1863 — Burma 6.11.1932. British Civil Servant in Burma. Son of A. W. T. Hertz, grandson of Bishop Hertz of ...

HERVÉ, Camille. 18?? — Paris 30.8.1878. Frenchman. As “indianiste à Paris” participated in the first Conference of Orientalists in 1873. From 1867 member of Société de linguistique.

Sources: death noted in BSL ...

HERZFELD, Ernst Emil. Celle 23.7.1879 — Basel 21.1.1948. German Archaeologist, later in the U.S.A. Professor in Berlin and Princeton. Son of ...

HESSLER, Franz. Krombach/Bayern 15.10.1799 — 17.6.1890. German Physician and Indologist. Physician in Bavaria. Son of a farmer, educated in Würzburg. In ...

HETAGUROV, Lev Aleksandrovič. Cmi Terskoj obl., Sev.-Oset. A.S.S.R. 2.(15.)12. 1901 — 12.3.1942. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of a physician. Graduated 1930 from Faculty ...

HEUMAN, Ernst Otto August. Halmstad 9.7.1858 — Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) 25.8.1926. Swedish Missionary and Scholar of Religion and Languages in India. Son of alderman ...

HEVESY, Vilmos (Wilhelm von Hevesy, orig. V. Bischitz). 1877 — 1945. Hungarian Engineer interested in Linguistics. Son of Ludwig (Lajos) David Bischitz (1851-1920), ...

HEWITT, James Francis. 183? — 14.3.1908. British Civil Servant in India, a Scholar ...

HEYDE, August Wilhelm. 1825 — Herrnhut 27.8.1907. German Missionary. Spent 50 years in Ladakh as Moravian Missionary, in 1853-1903, ...

HEYMANN, Wilhelm. Bremen 12.7.1847 — 19??. German Indologist and Linguist (English). Teacher in Bremen. Ph.D. 1873 Göttingen. According to D.L.K. he was Gymnasium teacher in Bremen in 1890 and 1900, in 1906 he is mentioned ...

HIERSCHE, Rolf. Sömmerda 28.7.1924 — Giessen 24.7.1996. German Indologist and IE Linguist. Professor in Giessen. Studies of classical philology, Indology and IE linguistics at ...

HIGGINS, Ellen C. 18?? — 19??. Miss. Britishwoman interested in Pāli or Buddhism. In 1913-18 wrote letters to Rhys Davids couple, apparently their ...

HILFERDING, A. F. —> GIL’FERDING, A. F.

HILGENBERG, Luise. Essen 2.1.1886 — 1942?. German Physician and Indologist. Dr.med. 1922 Bonn, Dr. phil. 1933 Bonn (under Kirfel). Practising physician ...

HILL, Samuel Charles. Berhampore 16.7.1857 — 6.5.1926. British Historian of India. Son of Rev. Samuel John Hill, L.M.S. missionary in India (also his ...

HILL, William Douglas Penneck. 1??? — 19??.

Publications: transl. from Sanskrit: The Bhagavadgītā. 12+303 p. L 1953 (1st ed. L. 1928).

– transl. The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama. New ed. Bombay, O.U.P. 1971 (1st ...

HILLEBRANDT, Alfred. Großnädlitz bei Breslau (now Nadolice Wielkie) 15.3.1853 — Deutsch-Lissa bei Breslau (now Wrocław-Leśnica) 18.10.1927. German Indologist. Professor at Breslau. ...

HILMARSSON, Jörundur Garðar. Reykjavík 15.3.1946 — Reykjavík 13.8. 1992. Icelandic IE Linguist and Tocharian Scholar. Studies of Linguistics from 1966, M.A. ...

HILPERT, Nelly. Mrs. 18?? — 19??. German, in 1924/26 lists living in Breslau, in 1929 left the society.

Publications: “Die Parivrājikā in Kālidāsa’s Mālavikāgnimitra”, ZII 3, 1925, 140-145.

Sources: Not in the N.D.B.; D.M.G. member lists in ...

HINCKS, Edward. Cork 19.8.1792 — Killyleagh, County Down 3.12.1866. Irish Priest and Orientalist. Son of the Presbyterian divine Thomas Dix H. (1767–1857), whose ...

HINLOOPEN LABBERTON, Dirk van. Duesburg 24.9.1874 — Ojai, Calif. 3.9.1961. Dutch Theosophist interested in Sanskrit, lived a long time in Indonesia. Son of ...

HINZ, Walther. Stuttgart 19.11.1906 — Göttingen 12.4.1992. German Oriental and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of a merchant, lost early ...

HIRSZBANT (Hirschband), B. Abraham. 18?? — 19??. Hungarian (?) Student of Indology. Ph.D. 1887 Wien.

Publications:

HIRT, Herman(n) Alfred. Magdeburg 19.12.1865 — Giessen 12.9.1936. German IE scholar. Professor in Giessen. Son of a master carpenter, educated in Magdeburg. Studies ...

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. ...

HIRZEL, Bernhard. Enge near Zürich 12.8.1807 — Paris 6.6.1847. Swiss Indologist, Priest and Politician. Priest and Docent in Zürich. Grandfather of ...

HISLOP, Stephen. Duns, Berwickshire 8.9.1817 — Bori River, Takalghat 4.9.1863. British (Scots) Missionary in India. “Son of Stephen Hislop, a mason, ...

HITZ, Luise. Munich 13.1.1835 — Munich 1.5.1906. German Schoolteacher and Poet interested in Sanskrit Literature. Daughter of a painter, family originally from Switzerland. ...

HJELMSLEV, Louis. Copenhagen 3.10.1899 — Copenhagen 30.5.1965. Danish Linguist (Germanist and General Linguist). Studies at Copenhagen, Prague and Paris. PD of Sammenlignende Sprogvidenskab ...

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 ...

HOCART, Arthur Maurice. Etterbeek, Belgium 26.4.1883 — Cairo 9.3.1939 (when 55). British scholar of Sri Lankan Archaeology and Ethnology. Son of ...

HODGES, William. London 26.10.1744 — 6.3.1797. British Artist in India. “Son of a smith, learnt to draw, exhibited at the Society of Artists, ...

HODGSON, Brian Houghton. Lower Beech near Macclesfield 1.2.1800 (or 1801?) — London 23.5.1894. British Civil Servant, Diplomat and Indologist in India ...

HODSON, Thomas. North Scarle, Lincolnshire 9.2.1804 — 9.9.1882. British Wesleyan Missionary in India and a noted Kannaḍa Scholar. Came to India in 1829 ...

HODSON, Thomas Callan. 12.12.1871 — 25.1.1953. British Anthropologist. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Arthur H., of Royal Navy, educated at Christ’s Hospital. In ...

HOEFER, Karl Gustav Albert. Greifswald 2.10.1812 — Greifswald 9.1.1883. German Indologist. Professor in ...

HOEGELSBERGER, Karl. 18?? — 19??. Austrian Student of Iranian (?). Ph.D. 1908 Vienna.

Publications: diss. Sprachvergleichende Studien aus dem Persischen. Wien 1908.

Sources: Nothing found.

HOERNLE, Augustus Frederick Rudolf. Sikandra ...

HOEY, William. 1849 — 1919. British Civil Servant in India. Magistrate in Lucknow.

Publications: A Monograph on Trade and Manufactures in Northern India. 1880.

– translated Oldenberg’s Buddha: His Life, His Doctrine, His Order. 477 p. L. ...

HOFFMANN-KUTSCHKE, Arthur (also Artur). Hansdorf, Kreis Sagan 24.6.1882 — after 1947. German Iranian Scholar. Son of railway officer. Studies of classics, history and ...

HOFFMANN, Andreas Gottlieb. Welpsleben/Grafschaft Mansfeld 13.4.1796 — Jena 16.3.1864. German Orientalist and Theologian (a specialist of Syriac) interested in Sanskrit. Professor in Jena. Son ...

HOFFMANN, Ernst Lothar (Lama Anagarika Govinda). Waldheim, Sachsen 14.1.1898 — Mill Valley, California 14.1.1985. German Bauddha. Son of a German father, the owner ...

HOFFMANN, Helmut. Flensburg 24.8.1912 — 8.10.1992. German Indologist and Tibetologist in the U.S.A. Professor in Munich and Bloomington. Studies of Indology, Iranian and Central ...

HOFFMANN, Johann Christian. Bischhausen bei Eschwege, Hessen 1651 — Heckershausen bei Kassel 1682. German Traveller in India. In his voyage visited Cape Colony, ...

HOFFMANN, John (Johann Baptist). Wallendorf 21.6.1857 — 19.11.1928. S.J. German Missionary in Chota Nagpur, India. Born in Germany, educated in Echternach and Luxembourg. ...

HOFFMANN, Karl. Hof am Regen, Bavaria 26.2.1915 — Erlangen 21.5.1996. German Indologist and IE Linguist. Professor in Erlangen. Son of a ...

HOFFMANN, Otto. Hannover 9.2.1865 — Münster 6.6.1940. German IE and Greek Linguist. Professor in Münster. Son of Otto Heinrich Karl H., a Prussian ...

HOFINGER, Marcel François Joseph Julien. Liège-Angleur 29.12.1913 — 19??. Abbé. Belgian Indologist, Buddhist and Classical Scholar. Professor in Louvain-la-Neuve. In 1931-37 ...

HOFMANN, Erich. Mühlhausen, Thüringen 4.3.1895 — Kiel 7.11.1982. German IE Linguist. Professor in Kiel. PD 1926 Göttingen, PD there 1926. In 1933 joined ...

HOGARTH, Edward Lucas. 1841 — 19??. British Teacher and Scholar in India. Studied from 1859 at Brasenose College (B.A. 1862, M.A. 1868). Assisted ...

HOHENBERGER, Adam. Grubenberg/Oberfranken 4.7.1888 — 1966. German Indologist. Priest in Bavaria. Educated in Leipzig, in 1913-18 studies at Leipzig, of Protestant ...

HOISINGTON, Henry Richard. Vergennes, Vermont 23.8.1801 — Centerbrook CT 6.5.1858. U.S. Missionary and Tamil Scholar in South Asia. Studies at Williams College and ...

HOLBROOKE, George Otis. 20.8.1850 — 19??. U.S. Methodist Missionary in South India. Educated in Boston. Worked in machinery, but after an accident taking ...

HOLDICH, Thomas Hungerford. Dingley, Northamptonshire 13.2.1843 — Merrow, Surrey 1929. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Geographer in India. Son of Rev. Thomas Peach ...

HOLMBOE, Christopher Andreas. Vang/Valdres 19.3.1796 — Christiania 2.4.1882. Norwegian Orientalist and Numismatician. Professor in Christiania (Oslo). Son of a minister, matriculated from Cathedral ...

HOLTZMANN, Adolf (d. j.). Karlsruhe 20.12.1838 — Freiburg i. B. 17.2.1914. German Indologist. Professor in Freiburg i. Br. Nephew of —> ...

HOLTZMANN, Adolf H. (der ältere). Karlsruhe 2.5.1810 — Heidelberg 3.7.1870. German Indologist and Germanist. Professor in Heidelberg. Uncle of —> A. H. ...

HOLWELL, John Zephaniah. Dublin 17.9.1711 — Pinner 5.11.1798. British Physician in India. Son of Zephaniah H., a timber merchant, educated at Richmond and ...

HOME, Robert. Hull 1752 — Calcutta (or Kanpur?) 1834. British Painter in India. “Son of Robert Boyne Home, from 1770 exhibited portraits at ...

HOMJAKOV, Aleksej Stepanovič. Moscow 13./1.5.1804 — Moscow (or Rjazan?) 5.10./23.9.1860. Russian Slavophil author interested in Sanskrit. Studied mathematics at Moscow, then concentrated on ...

HONIGBERGER, Johann Martin. Kronstadt (now Braşov) 10.3.1795 — Kronstadt (Braşov) 18.12.1869. Transylvanian Traveller and Self-Made Physician in India. Born ...

HOOGT, Jacobus Marinus van der. Amsterdam 1874? — . Dutch. Ph.D. c. 1929 Amsterdam (under Faddegon).

Publications: diss. The Vedic Chant Studied in its Textual and Melodic form. 15+ 123 p. Wageningen 1929.

Sources: Nothing beyond the ...

HOOKER, Joseph Dalton. Halesworth, Suffolk 30.6.1817 — Sunningdale, Berkshire 10.12.1911. Sir. British Physician and Botanist in India. Son of Sir William Jackson H., ...

HOOLE, Elijah. Manchester 1798 — 17.6.1872. British Missionary in India. Son of Holland Hoole, a shoemaker, educated at Manchester. In 1820 he went ...

HOOYKAAS, Christiaan. Amersfoort 26.12.1902 — ’s-Gravenhage 13.8.1979. Dutch Sanskrit and Indonesian Scholar. Son of a vicar, Isaäc H. and Eva Maria ...

HOPKINS, Edward Washburn. Northampton MA 8.9.1857 — Madison, CT 16.7.1932. U.S. Indologist. Professor in New Haven. Born in an old New ...

HOPPE, Max (Anagārika Dharmapāla). 24.4.1907 — 1992. German Bauddha. Son of a post master. Interrupted studies of theology, wished by his parents, tried his luck in ...

HORN, Paul. Halle 14.1.1863 — Strassburg 11.11.1908. German Iranian Scholar. Professor in Strassburg. Son of a railway officer, educated in Halle. ...

HORNE, Charles. Nainital 6.6.1823 — Croydon, Kent 28.5.1872. British Civil Servant in India. Son of James H. and Mary Ann Driver. In Bengal ...

HORNER, Isaline Blew. Walthamstow, Essex 30.3.1896 — London 25.4.1981. British Bauddha and Buddhologist. ...

HOROVITZ, Josef. Lauenburg/Pommern 26.7.1874 — Frankfurt 5.2.1931. German Orientalist (Arabic Scholar). Born in a Jewish family, son of the orthodox Rabbi and historian ...

HORRWITZ, Ernest Philip. 1866 (or 1886?) — 19??. U.S. (or British) Indologist. According to his own statement, e was Sanskrit Instructor at the ...

HORSCH, Paul. Oberegg/Appenzell 9.9.1925 — Mahabalipuram/India 27.12.1971. Swiss Indologist. Professor in Zürich. Son of Otto H., a chemist, educated 1932-42 at ...

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., lost ...

HORTON-SMITH, Lionel. 18?? — 1???. U.S. Linguist.

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HOSTEN, Henri. Ramscapelle, West Flanders 26.3.1873 — Brussels 16.4.1935. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary Scholar in India. Joined the Jesuit Order in 1891 and, suspected of ...

HOUGHTON, Herbert Pierrepont. Brooklyn NY 22.1.1880 — 1964. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit and Linguistics. Son of Joseph Goodhue H. and Sarah Pierrepont. B.A. 1901 ...

HOUSEHOLDER, Fred Walter (Jr.). Wichita Falls Texas 1.2.1918 — Bloomington 4.1.1994. U.S. Linguist. Professor in Bloomington. Son of Fred W. H. Sr. ...

HOUTMAN, Cornelis de. Gouda 2.4.1565 — before Acheh 1.9.1599. Dutch Traveller in India. Son of a brewer and elder brother of —> Fr. ...

HOUTMAN, Frederick de. Gouda 1571 — Alkmaar 21.10.1627. Dutch Traveller. Brother of —> C. de H. and his companion in Lisbon and in ...

HOVELACQUE, Alexandre Abel. Paris 14.11.1843 — Paris 22.2.1896. French Iranian Scholar, Linguist and ...

HROMOV, Al’bert Leonidovič. Novgorod 28.8.1930 — 20.4.1992. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of a military official. Graduated from Moscow University in 1954. Kand. filol. ...

HROZNÝ, Bedřich (Friedrich Hr.). Lissa (now Lysá) 6.5.1879 — Prague 12.12.1952. Czech Orientalist (Assyriologist and Hittite Scholar), attempted at Decipherment of Indus Script. ...

HÛ, Fernand. 18?? — 19??. French Indologist (in preface he calls French “notre langue” and France “notre pays”). Apparently a student ...

HUART, Clément —> IMBAULT-HUART, Clément.

HUBER, Edouard. Großwangen 12.8.1879 — Vinh Long, Vietnam 6.1.1914 (when 35). Swiss Sinologist and South-east Asian Scholar, also interested in Buddhism. ...

HUBERT, Henri. Paris 23.6.1872 — Chatou, Yvelines 25.5.1927. French Anthropologist. Educated from 1892 at École normale supérieure, then studied religion and Semitic languages. ...

HÜBSCHMANN, Johann Heinrich. Erfurt 1.7.1848 — Strassburg 20.1.1908. German Indo-Iranist. Professor in Strassburg. ...

HUC, Evariste-Régis. Caylus, Tarn-et-Garonne 1.8.1813 — Paris 31.3.1860. French Lazarist Missionary in China. When 24 joined the Vincentian order (C.M.) in Paris, 1838 ...

HÜGEL, Carl Alexander Anselm, Freiherr von. Regensburg 25.4.1796 — Brussels 2.6.1870. Austrian Diplomat, Traveller and Naturalist. In 1811 joined ...

HUIZINGA, Johan. Groningen 7.12.1872 — De Steeg, Gelderland 1.2.1945. Dutch Student of Indology, then Famous Historian. Professor in Leiden. Son of Dirk H., a Professor ...

HUJER, Oldřich. Paceřice 25.11.1880 — Prague 4.6.4.6.1942. Czechoslovakian IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Prague. Ph.D. 1910. Student of Zubatý, 1911 PD, 1919 ...

HULBERT, Katherine W. 19.11.1911 — ?.!!.1989. U.S Anthropologist of South India. B.A., M.A. Ph.D. 1969 University of Colorado in Boulder. Teacher, retired. From 1966 fieldwork in ...

HULTZSCH, Eugen Julius Theodor. Dresden 29.3.1857 — Halle 16.1.1927. German Indologist and Epigraphist. 20 years in India, then Professor in Halle. ...

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von. 14.9.1769 — 6.5.1859. German Geographer and Explorer. Younger brother of —> W. von H. Started his career as a law ...

HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand, Freiherr von. Potsdam 22.6.1767 — Tegel bei Berlin 8.4.1835. German Diplomat and Linguist interested in Sanskrit. Son of the Prussian Kammerherr and Major Alexander Georg von H. (1720-79, his ...

HUME, Robert Ernest. Ahmednagar, India 20.3.1877 — New York 4.1.1948. U.S. Missionary and Scholar of Religion. Professor in New York. Born ...

HUMMEL, Karl. Weiler 25.4.1902 — Weiler 26.12.1987. German Pharmacist, Botanist and Student of Indology. Son of Max H., a pharmacist, and Philomena Wachter. ...

HUMPHREYS, Christmas. London 15.2.1901 — 13.4.1983. British Lawyer and Bauddha. Son of a lawyer, Travers H. Studied at Cambridge, then himself in the Bar, and became ...

HUNFALVY, Pál (born Paul Hundsdorfer). Nagyszalók (now Velký Slavkov in Slovakia) 12.3.1810 — Budapest 30.11.1891. Hungarian Linguist. Librarian in ...

HUNGERLEIDER, Fritz. Vienna 1920 — Vienna 1997. Austrian Bauddha. In 1938 went to exile and came to Ceylon, then spent nine years 1938-47 in Shanghai. In ...

HUNT, Mabel. 18?? — 19??. Miss. British Indologist (Pāli Scholar). Apparently among the students of Rhys Davids. At the time of ...

HUNTER, Robert. Newburgh, Fife 3.9.1823 — Loughton, Essex 25.2.1897. British (Scots) Missionary in India. Son of John Mackenzie H. and Agnes Strickland, educated at ...

HUNTER, William. 1755 — Java ?.12.1812. British Physician in India. Educated at Marischal College and Aberdeen University. Joined the E.I.C.’S medical service in ...

HUNTER, William Wilson. Glasgow 15.7.1840 — Oaken Holt 7.2.1900. Sir. British (Scots) Civil Servant, Ethnologist and Linguist in India. Son of Andrew Galloway ...

HURVITZ, Leon. 4.8.1923 — 28.9.1992. U.S. Sinologist and Buddhist Scholar. After the WW II interpreter in Japan. Professor at University of Washington in ...

HUS Rasinjanin, Juraj. Rasinja 14??/1510? — Požun 1566 (or later?). Croatian Traveller. He was forcibly enlistened by Turks in ...

HÜSING, Georg. Liegnitz (Legnica) 4.6.1869 — Vienna 1.9.1930. German Scholar of Near Eastern and Iranian history. Studies in Breslau, Berlin and Königsberg. Ph.D. ...

HUTCHISON, John. 1848 — 1936 (when 88). British (Scots) Missionary in India. Studied medicine in Edinburgh. Medical missionary of the Church of Scotland in the Punjab. Married, two daughters.

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HUTH, Georg. Krotoschin/Posen (now Krotoszyn) 25.2.1867 — Berlin 1.6.1906. German Indologist and Tibetologist. Born in a Jewish family in the then ...

HUTH, Otto. 1906 — 1998. German Theologian, Ethnologist and Archeologist. Professor in Tübingen. Son of a neuropathologist in Bonn. Ph.D. 1932 Bonn. Joined the NSDAP in ...

HÜTTEMANN, Wilhelm Ferdinand. Brannsberg/Ostpreussen 27.3.1871 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Son of a school-teacher (Oberlehrer), educated at Lyceums of Metz and Strassburg ...

HUTTEN, Kurt. Langenburg 6.3.1901 — Ludwigsburg 17.8.1979. German Theologian (ev.). Studies at seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren and at Tübingen. Ph.D. 1930 Tübingen, under Hauer. From ...

HUTTON, John Henry. West Heslerton, Malton, Yorkshire 27.6.1885 — New Radnor, Radnorshire 23.5.1968. British Civil Servant and Anthropologist in India. Son of a ...

HYACINTH, Father —> BIČURIN, Iakinf.

HYDE, Thomas. Billingsley near Bridgnorth, Shropshire 29.6.1636 — Oxford 18.2.1703. English Orientalist (Arabic and Persian Scholar), a Pioneer of Zoroastrian Studies. Professor in Oxford. Son ...