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(IMBAULT-)HUART, Marie Clément. Paris 15.2.1854 — Paris 30.12.1926. French Orientalist. Son of ...

HAACK, August. Oppeln, Upper Silesia (now Opole) 10.6.1845 — Ratibor (Racibórz) 12.6.1908. German Priest and Translator ...

HAAFNER (Haffner), Jacob Godfried. Halle 1755 — 3.9.1809. Dutch (German-born) traveller and precursor of Indology. His ...

HAAG, Friedrich. Diessenhofen (or Hüttwilen) in Thurgau 14.1.1846 — Bern 3.11.1914. Swiss Classical Philologist and Indologist. ...

HAARH, Erik Helge. Frederiksberg 20.9.1929 — 1.12.1993. Danish Scholar of Tibetan and Comparative Religion. ...

HAAS, Ernst Anton Max. Coburg 18.4.1835 — London 3.7.1882. German Indologist in London. Son of Friedrich ...

HAAS, George Christian Otto. New York ...

HAAS, Hans. Dumdorf near Bayreuth 3.12.1868 — Leipzig 10.9.1934. German Priest and Scholar of Comparative Religion, Japanese and Buddhism. Professor in ...

HABERLANDT, Michael. Altenburg (now Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary) 29.9. 1860 — Vienna 14.6.1940. Austrian Anthropologist and Indologist. Son of Agronomist Friedrich H. Studies ...

HABERLANDT, Michael. Altenburg (now Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary) 29.9. 1860 — Vienna 14.6.1940. Austrian Anthropologist and Indologist. Son ...

HABSBURG, Josef Karl Ludwig, Erzherzog von Österreich (József Károly Lajos, nom-de-plume József Főherczec ). ...

HACKER, Paul. Seelscheid/Bergisches Land (Kreis Sieg) 6.1.1913 — Münster/ Westfalen 18.3.1979. German Indologist. Professor in Bonn ...

HACKIN, J. Ria (Marie, née Parmentier). Rombas, Moselle (then German) 7.9.1905 — on sea 24.2.1941. Luxemburgian, ...

HACKIN, Joseph Gaspard. Boevange-sur-Attert (Luxemburg) 8.11.1885 — on sea 24.2.1941. French (Luxemburgian) Officer and Archaeologist of ...

HACKMANN, Heinrich Friedrich. Gaste near Osnabrück 31.8.1864 (1865?) — Hildesheim 13.7.1935. German Sinologist, Lutheran Theologian and Scholar of ...

HADLEY, George. 174? — London 10.9.1798. British Colonial Officer in India, Author of the first Hindūstānī Grammar in ...

HADLEY, James. Fairfield NY 30.3.1821 — New Haven CT 14.11.1872. U.S. Classical (Greek) Scholar also interested in Sanskrit ...

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 ...

HAEGHEN, Philippe van der. Brussels 24.2.1825 — Paris 1886. Belgian Scholar interested in ...

HAEKEL, Joseph. Vienna 17.6.1907 — Vienna 2.11.1973. Austrian Ethnologist. Son of a court official. From 1931 studied ethnology at Wien. Ph.D. 1935 Wien, ...

HAGEMANN, Gottfried. Hannover 17?? — Rome 1809. German pioneer of Indology. In Paris lived as a ...

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 adjunkt teaching Sanskrit, ...

HAHLWEG, Klaus. 1921 — 1995. German Buddhist Scholar. During the war student of von Glasenapp at Königsberg. Ph.D. München 1954 ...

HAHN, Emma Adelaide. New York 1.4.1893 — New York 8.7.1967. U.S. Classical ...

HAHN, Karl Heinrich Philipp Ferdinand.

HAIG, Thomas Wolseley. Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent 7.8.1865 — London 23.4./28.4./4.5.1938. Sir. British ...

HÁJEK, Lubor. Nové Strašecí 5.5.1921 — Prague 2.3.2000. Czech Art Historian. Studies at Prague 1945-49. Ph.D. 1948/49 Prague ...

HALBFASS, Wilhelm. Northeim/Niedersachsen 11.5.1940 — Bryn Mawr PA 25.5.2000. German Indologist and Philosopher in the U.S.A. ...

HALÉVY, Joseph. Adrianople (now Edirne) 15.12.1827 — Paris 21.1.1917. French (originally Turkish Jew) Epigraphist, Semitist and Traveller. Professor in Paris, naturalized Frenchman. Taught ...

HALHED, Nathaniel Brassey. Westminster 25.5.1751 — London 18.2.1830. British Precursor of Indology. Son of William H., ...

HALL, E. H. 18?? — 19??. British Library Worker. Grierson’s student and his ...

HALL, Fitzedward. Troy, N.Y. 21.3.1825 — Marlesford, Suffolk 1.2.1901 (or 11.2.?). U.S. Indologist, in India 1846-62 ...

HALLADE, Madeleine. Colombes 18.5.1891 — 30.9.1968. Mlle. French Art Historian. Educated at Lycée Racine and Cheltenham College. In 1919-20 studied painting at École ...

HALLAM, Ebenezer Charles Bethlehem. Worcester 1.1.1833 — Lakemont, Yates NY 9.1.1915. British (Canadian) Missionary in India. Educated at King Edward’s Grammar School, Birmingham, and Kormal’ School, Toronto. ...

HALLETT, Holt Samuel. 1841 — London 11.11.1911. British Railway Engineer in India. “Son of T. P. L. Hallett, LL.D., of ...

HALOUN, Gustav. Pirnitz (now Brtnice in Moravia) 12.1.1898 — Cambridge 24.12.1951. Czech/German Sinologist in the U.K. Professor in ...

HAMAKER, Hendrik Arent. Amsterdam 25.2.1789 — Neerlangbroek 7.10.1835. Dutch Oriental Scholar interested in Sanskrit. Professor in Leiden. Studies ...

HAMBIS, Louis George Rémy. Ligugé (Vienne) 18.12.1906 — Paris 10.10.1978. French Central Asian Scholar. Professor in Paris. Son ...

HAMILTON, Alexander. 1762 — Liverpool 30.12.1824. British (Scottish) Pioneer of Indology. Born in Scotland, parents unknown, ...

HAMILTON, Alexander. 16?? — after 1733. British Sea Captain. First sailed in Europe, North Africa and West Indies. In 1688-1723 trading and travelling in the ...

HAMILTON, Charles. Belfast 1752/53 — Hampstead 14.3.1792, when 39. British Colonial Officer in India. Probably son of Charles ...

HAMILTON, Clarence Herbert. Des Moines, Iowa 8.1.1886 — Lexington MA 6.7.1986, when 100. U.S. Buddhist Scholar. Missionary-Professor in ...

HAMILTON, Francis —> Francis BUCHANAN-HAMILTON

HAMILTON, John Herbert Fearnly. 1858? — ...

HAMM, Frank-Richard. Königsberg 8.10.1920 — Bonn 11.11.1973. German Indologist and Tibetan Scholar. Professor in Bonn. Son ...

HAMMERICH, Louis Leonor. Copenhagen 31.7.1892 — Hørsholm/Hillerød 1.11.1975. Danish Linguist (Germanist). Son of Kai August H. ...

HAMMERICH, Martin Johannes. Copenhagen 4.12.1811 — Iselingen, Vordingborg 20.9.1881. Danish Scholar of Literature and Educator interested in Indology. ...

HANDT, Werner. 18?? — 19??. German student of Indology. In 1899 he was in Greifswald. Ph.D. 1900 Tübingen ...

HANNAH, Herbert Bruce. 1862? — 1930?. British Lawyer in India. Many years before 1912 studied Tibetan in Darjeeling ...

HANNAY, Simon Fraser. 12.11.1801 — Assam 30.1.1861. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in ...

HANSEN, Olaf. St.Petersburg 11.4.1902 — Kiel 10.1.1969. German Indo-Iranian, especially Middle Iranian Scholar. Professor in Berlin ...

HANUSZ, Jan. Kołodziejówka near Stanislawów (then in Austrian Galicia, now Kolodiivka in Ukraina) 13.7.1858 — Paris ...

HANXLEDEN, Johannes Ernst (Arṇṇōsŭ pātiri = Ernst Padre). Osterkappeln ...

HARDING, Herbert Oliver Denman. 18?? — ...

HARDY, Edmund Georg Nicolaus. Mainz 9.7.1852 — Bonn 10.10.1904. German Catholic Priest and Indologist. Son of ...

HARDY, Robert Spence. Preston, Lancashire

HARE, Edward Miles. Norfolk 4.3.1893 — ...

HARES, Walter Pullin. Alcester, Warwickshire 12.4.1877 — 21.1.1962. British Missionary in India. Son of George Daniel H. and ...

HARGREAVES, Harold. 29.5.1876 — 1951. British Archaeologist in India. In 1797 visited Ceylon. HARINGTON, John Herbert

HARKNESS, Henry. 17?? — Lympstone 17.8.1838. British Colonial Officer in South IndiaHARLEZ DE DEULIN, Charles-Joseph, chevalier de

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. Germanist, also Student of Indology. Son of George and Catherine ...

HARRIS, Claudius. India 1826 — 1862. British Colonial Officer in India. In India from 1846. He was

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

HARRIS, Henry. Mountrath, Laois, Ireland 3.1.1758 — Madras 10.8.1822. British (Irish?) Physician in ...

HARRIS, William Henry. Wann, Oklahoma 28.6.1922 — 28.10.1966. U.S. Scholar of Religion and Philosophy. Studies at Bethany Nazarene College (B.A.), then Catholic theology and ...

HARRISON, H. J. 1??? — 1???. Rev. Educated at Bishop’s College. In 1841 missionary in Barrioore near Calcutta, ...

HARRISON, Hugh. 18?? — 19??. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-colonel. Back in England he was in the ...

HARRISON, Max Hunter. Victoria, co. Knox, Illinois 24.12.1893 — Middlesex, Mass. 1986. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Jacob H. ...

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, then Professor in Dublin. Son of Henry ...

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. Swedish Scholar of Comparative Religion. Professor at ...

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, Hans. Rüstringen bei Wilhelmshaven 18.11.1909 — 11.12.2000. German Linguist and Celtologist. Son of a policeman, Gustav H., ...

HARTMANN, Peter. Berlin-Schöneberg 16.4.1923 — Münster 9.3.1984. German Linguist. Professor in Münster and Konstanz. Son of Hubert H., an officer, ...

HARTSHORNE, Bertram Fulke. Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire 1844 — Brentford, Middlesex ?.3.1922. British Civil Servant ...

HAŞDEU, Bogdan Petriceicu (himself wrote Hasdeu, born as Tadeu Hâjdău). Cristineştii, Hotinului Bessarabia (now Kerstentsi in ...

HASE, Carl Benedikt / Charles-Benoît. Sulza, Thüringen 11.5.1780 — Paris 21.3.1864. German Linguist in France. Professor in Paris. ...

HASKELL, Willabe (Willoughby). Freeport, Cumberland, Maine 19.8.1839 — New Haven Conn. 7.5.1913. U.S. Scholar and Journalist. Son of ...

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

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

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 ...

HAUG, Martin. Ostdorf bei Balingen, Württemberg 30.1.1827 — Ragaz, Switzerland 3.6.1876. German Indo-Iranian Scholar. Son of a farmer, Martin H., who ...

HAUGHTON, Graves Champney. Dublin 1788 — St.Cloud near Paris 28.8. 1849. Sir. British Colonial Officer and ...

HAUSCHILD, Richard Wilhelm. Roschütz/Kr. Gera 2.12.1901 — Jena 15.2.1972. German (East) Indologist. Professor in Jena. Son ...

HAUSHEER, Jakob. Wollishofen bei Zürich 11.10.1865 — Zürich 7.5.1943. Swiss Orientalist. Son of Johann Kaspar H., a poor ...

HAUSSIG, Hans Wilhelm. Berlin 3.10.1916 — Berlin 27.4.1994. German Historian of Antiquity, Byzantium and Central Asia. Ph.D. 1939 ...

HAUTESRAYES —> LE ROUX DESHAUTESRAY

HAUVETTE-BESNAULT, Eugène-Louis. Malesherbes (Loiret) 15.2. 1820 — Malesherbes 28.6.1890. French Indologist. Professor in Paris. Studies at ...

HAVELL, Ernest Binfield. Reading, Berkshire 16.9.1861 — Oxford 20.12.1935 (Wiki 31.12.1834). British Art Historian of India. In 1885-1906 ...

HAVELOCK, Henry. Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland), Durham 5.4.1795 — Dilkusha 25.11.1857. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of ...

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 ...

HAWKES, Henry Philip. 1834 — 1900. British Colonial HAWKINS, William

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 (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Patrick Hay, educated ...

HAY, William Edmund. near Bath 31.1.1805 — 1879. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Born in a gentry ...

HAYDEN, Henry Hubert. Derry 25.7.1869 — Finsteraarhorn, Switserland 12.8.1923 (official date 28.8. when his body was found). Sir. British Geologist ...

HEAD, Barclay Vincent. Ipswich 2.1.1844 — London 12.6.1914. British Numismatist

HEARN, Gordon Risley. 7.9.1871 — 7.6.1953. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Educated at Winchester College, Woolwich ...

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

HECQUET, Émile. Karikal 23.10.1832 — 7.7.1897. French Colonial Officer in South India. Son of Émile H. and Adélaïde ...

HEDBERG, Samuel Enoch (Enok). Bellö near Jönköping 19.9.1871 — Lund 17.4.1945 (1947?). ...

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

HEDSTRÖM, Oskar Fritiof (Frithiof). Tingstäde, Gotland 10.7.1846 — 19??. Swedish Schoolteacher and Student of Philology. Son of Captain ...

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

HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Stuttgart 27.8.1770 — Berlin 14.11.1831. Famous German Philosopher. ...

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

HEILMAN, Luigi. Portalbera, Pavia 21.8.1911 — Bologna 9.10.1988. Italian Indologist and Linguist. Professor in Bologna. Studies at Padova ...

HEIMANN, Betty. Wandsbeck bei Hamburg 29.3.1888 — Sirmione at the Lake Garda 19.5.1961. German Indologist in ...

HEINE-GELDERN, Robert, Freiherr von. Grub, Niederösterreich ...

HEINZ, Adam. Cracow 20.11.1914 — Cracow 1.6.1984. Polish IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor at Cracow. In 1934-46 studies of classics and ...

HELD, Fritz. Sindelfingen, Württemberg 25.5.1920 — Stuttgart 1.7.1992. German Physician (neurologist and children psychiatrist). After school in Stuttgart began ...

HELD, Gerrit Jan. Kampen 1.7.1906 — Jakarta 28.9.1955. Dutch Anthropologist in Indonesia. Son of Andries H. and Hermina Rozenberg. After gymnasium in Kampen, from 1926 ...

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

HELTEN, Willem Lodewijk van. Hedel 30.8.1849 — ’s-Gravenhage 16.3.1917. Dutch Linguist. Educated in Leiden ...

HENDERSON, John Robertson. Melrose, Roxburghshire 21.5.1863 — Edinburgh 26.10.1925. British (Scottish) Zoologist in ...

HENDERSON, Vincent Carlile. 1873 — Shanghai 9.1.1910. British (Irish) Official in China. For a while ...

HENDLEY, Thomas Holbein. 21.4.1847 — London 2.2.1917. British Physician in India. Colonel. Educated privately and ...

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 ...

HENRIQUES, Henrique (-quez, Anrique Anriquez, Aṇṭiṟīkku Aṭikaḷār). Vila Viçosa, Evora 1520 — Punnaikkayal 6.2.1600. S.J. Portuguese ...

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 Édouard ...

HENSELER, Éric de. 1889 — Geneva 1960. Swiss Student of Indian Religion, a Theosophist. Of a Swiss family originating from Aarau, but living in Fribourg. ...

HENZI, Samuel Gottlieb Rudolf. Bern 7.9.1794 — Dorpat (Tartu) 1./13.2.1829. Swiss Oriental Scholar and Theologian ...

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

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

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

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

HERBIG, Gustav. Kaiserslauben 3.6.1868 — Munich 1.10.1925. German IE Linguist and Etruscologist. Professor in Rostock and Munich. Son ...

HERDER, Johann Gottfried (1802 von). Mohrungen, Ostpreussen (now Morąg in Poland) 25.8.1744 — Weimar 18.12.1803. Famous German Author, ...

HERKLOTS, Gerhard Andreas. Chinsura 28.2.1798 — Waladabad 8.1.1834. Dutch Physician in British Service in India. ...

HERMANN, Eduard. Coburg 19.12.1869 — Göttingen 14.2.1950. German IE scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son of Ernst H., a ...

HERMANNS, Matthias. Köln-Niehl 31.5.1899 — 5.1.1972. Father, SVD. German Missionary, Ethnologist and Tibetan Scholar. A Roman Catholic priest. ...

HÉROLD, André-Jules-Ferdinand. Paris 24.2.1865 ...

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

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

HERSCHEL, William James. Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) 9.1.1833 — Hawkhurst, Kent 24.10.1917. Sir, 2nd Bart. British Civil Servant ...

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

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 ...

HESSLER, Franz. Krombach bei Aschaffenburg 15.10.1799 — Munich 17.6.1890. German Physician and Indologist ...

HETAGUROV, Lev Aleksandrovič. Cmi Terskoj obl., Sev.-Oset. A.S.S.R. 2.(15.)12. 1901 — Saratov 12.3.1942. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of ...

HETÉNYI, Ernő (Ernest H., Láma Dharmakirtí Padmavadzsra). Budapest 13.2.1912 — Budapest 17.9.1999. Hungarian ...

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

HEVESY, Vilmos (Wilhelm von Hevesy, orig. W. Bischitz). 1877 — 1945. Hungarian Electric Engineer interested in Linguistics. Son ...

HEWITT, James Francis Katherinus. 21.6.1835 — ...

HEYDE, August Wilhelm. 1825 — Herrnhut 27.8.1907. German Missionary. Spent 50 years ...

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, Thüringen 28.7.1924 — Giessen 24.7.1996. German IE Linguist, Greek and Sanskrit Scholar. Professor in Giessen. Studies of classical philology, Indology ...

HIGGINS, Ellen Charlotte. Brixton, London 14.8.1871 — Edinburgh 13.12.1951. Miss. Britishwoman interested in Pāli or Buddhism. Born of ...

HILDEBRAND, Hans Olof. Stockholm 5.4.1842 — Stockholm 2.2.1913. Swedish Archaeologist, one of the founders of modern Swedish Archaeology. ...

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

HILGENBERG, Luise. Essen 2.1.1886 — 1.2.1942. German Physician and Indologist. Dr.med. 1922 Bonn, Dr. phil. 1933 ...

HILL, Samuel Alexander. Ballyboley near Belfast 10.10.1851 — 23.9.1890. British Teacher and Meteorologist in India. From 188? Professor ...

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

HILL, William Charles Osman. 13.7.1901 — 25.1.1952. British Anatomist and Physical Anthropologist. Son of James Osman Hill and ...

HILL, William Douglas Penneck. Kensington, London 1884 — ...

HILLEBRANDT, Alfred. Großnädlitz bei Breslau (now Nadolice Wielkie in Poland) 15.3.1853 — Deutsch-Lissa bei Breslau (now ...

HILMARSSON, Jörundur Garðar. Reykjavík 15.3.1946 — Reykjavík 13.8. 1992. Icelandic IE Linguist and Tocharian Scholar. Studies ...

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

HINCKS, Edward. Cork 19.8.1792 — Killyleagh, county Down 3.12.1866. Rev. Irish ...

HINLOOPEN LABBERTON, Dirk van. Doesburg 24.9.1874 — Ojai, Calif. 3.9.1961. Dutch Theosophist interested in Sanskrit, lived a long ...

HINZ, Walther. Stuttgart 19.11.1906 — Göttingen 12.4.1992. German Oriental and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Göttingen. Son ...

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

Publications:

HIRT, Herman(n) Alfred. Magdeburg 19.12.1865 — Giessen 12/20.9.1936. German IE scholar. Professor in Giessen. Son of the master ...

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, ...

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

HIRZEL, Paul Arnold. Lenzurg, Kanton Aargau ...

HISLOP, Stephen. Duns, Berwickshire 8.9.1817 — Bori River, Takalghat 4.9.1863. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in ...

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 Trolle. Copenhagen 3.10.1899 — Copenhagen 30.5.1965. Danish Linguist (Germanist and General Linguist). Son of the mathematician ...

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 near Brussels, Belgium 26.4.1883 — Cairo 9.3.1939. British scholar of Sri Lankan ...

HODGES, William. London 26.10.1744 — Brixham 6.3.1797. British Artist in India. “Son of a smith, learnt to draw, ...

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

HODSON, Thomas. North Scarle, Lincolnshire 9.2.1804 — 9.9.1882 (or 9.9.1878). British Wesleyan Missionary in India and a noted ...

HODSON, Thomas Callan. London 12.12.1871 — Salisbury 25.1.1953. British Anthropologist. Professor in Cambridge. Son of Arthur H., of ...

HOEFER, Karl Gustav Albert. Greifswald 2.10.1812 ...

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

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

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HOERNLE, Augustus Frederick Rudolf

HOEY, William. 1849 — 1919. British (Irish?) Civil Servant in India, interested in History and Numismatics. Studies at

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 ...

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. From 1931 studies of Sanskrit ...

HOFFMANN, Johann Christian. Bischhausen bei Eschwege, Hessen 1651 — Heckershausen bei Kassel 1682. German Traveller in India. In ...

HOFFMANN, John-Baptist (Johann Baptist). Wallendorf, Eifel 21.6.1857 — 19.11.1928. S.J. German Missionary in Chota Nagpur, India. Born in ...

HOFFMANN, Karl. Hof am Regen, Bavaria 26.2.1915 — Erlangen 21.5.1996. German Indo-Iranian and IE Linguist. Professor ...

HOFFMANN, Otto. Hannover 9.2.1865 — Münster 6.6.1940. German IE and Greek Linguist. Professor in Münster. Son of Otto ...

HOFFMANN, Paul Theodor. Putlitz 26.1.1891 — Hamburg 5.7.1952. German Student of Indology, then ...

HOFINGER, Marcel François Joseph Julien. Liège-Angleur 29.12.1913 — Liège 10.1.1997. Abbé. Belgian Indologist, Buddhist and Classical ...

HOFMANN, Alberich Konrad. Kloster Banz, Oberfranken 14.11.1819 — Waging am See 30.9.1890. German Linguist. Born ...

HOFMANN, Erich. Mühlhausen, Thüringen 4.3.1895 — Kiel 7.11.1982. German IE Linguist. Professor in Kiel. Son of a school ...

HOGARTH, Edward Lucas. Kirk Bramwith, Yorkshire 1841 — Maidenhead, Berkshire 13.11.1930. British Teacher and Scholar in India. Son ...

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. ...

HOLBROOKE, George Otis. 20.8.1850 — 1921. U.S. Methodist Missionary in South India. Educated in Boston. Worked in machinery, ...

HOLDICH, Thomas Hungerford. Dingley, Northamptonshire 13.2.1843 — Merrow, Surrey 2.11.1929. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Geographer in India. ...

HOLLER, Helmuth Peter. Holstein 8.6.1871 — 19??. Rev. U.S. (German-born) Missionary in India

HOLLINGS, William. Calcutta 1810 — near Cawnpore 1857. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of a merchant, lost ...

HOLMBOE, Christopher Andreas. Vang/Valdres, Oppland 19.3.1796 — Christiania (Oslo) 2.4.1882. Norwegian Orientalist and Numismatician. Professor in Christiania. Son ...

HOLROYD, William Rice Morland. 28.10.1835 — ...

HOLTZMANN, Adolf (der jüngere). Karlsruhe 20.12.1838 — Freiburg i. B. 17.2.1914. German Indologist. Professor in Freiburg ...

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

HOLWELL, John Zephaniah. Dublin 17.9.1711 — Pinner 5.11.1798. British Physician in India. Son of Zephaniah H., a timber ...

HOMBURGER, Lilias. U.K. 1880 — 1969. Mlle. French ...

HOME, Robert. Kingston upon Hull 1752 — Kanpur (or Calcutta?) 1834. British Painter in India. Son of Robert ...

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 ...

HOOGT, Jacobus Marinus van der. Amsterdam 1874? — Arnhem 1941. Dutch Student of Indology. Ph.D. c. 1929 Amsterdam (under Faddegon). Died as retired teacher in ...

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

HOOLE, Elijah. Manchester 1798 — London 17.6.1872. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Holland Hoole, a shoemaker, ...

HOOPER, John Stirling Morley. Stirling 12.4.1882 — 19??. Rev. British Wesleyan Missionary in India. Son of John Henry H. Studies ...

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

HOPE, Theodore Cracraft. 9.12.1831 — London 4.7.1915. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Jmes Hope, a ...

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

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 ...

HORNE, Charles. Nainital 6.6.1823 — Croydon, Kent 28.5.1872. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Archaeology and Entomology. ...

HORNE, Eric Arthur. 29.11.1883 — Aligarh 7.6.1930. British Teacher in India. Educated at Mill Hill School, studies of ...

HORNER, Isaline Blew. Walthamstow, Essex 30.3.1896 ...

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

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

HORSCH, Paul. Oberegg/Appenzell 9.9.1925 — Mahabalipuram/India 27.12.1971. Swiss Indologist. Professor in Zürich. Son of Otto H., ...

HORST, Christopher Henry (Christoph Heinrich). Willenburg near Schwerin 24.5.1761 — Tanjavur 10.7.1810. German Lutheran Missionary in India. Son ...

HORTON-SMITH, Lionel Graham Horton. 12.7.1871 — 1953. British Lawyer ...

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 ...

HOUGH, William. 1789 — 1865. British Colonial Officer in India. Came there in 1805, participated in Nepal War ...

HOUGHTON, Herbert Pierrepont. Brooklyn NY 22.1.1880 — Wellesley Hills MA 11.5.1964. U.S. Classical Scholar interested in Sanskrit and Linguistics. Son ...

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

HOUTMAN, Cornelis de. Gouda 2.4.1565 —off Acheh 1.9.1599. Dutch Traveller in India. Son of Pieter Cornelisz de H., ...

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

HOVELACQUE, Alexandre Abel. Paris 14.11.1843 — ...

HOWELL, William. 1.11.1790 — Madras c. 1867. Rev. Missionary, of Eurasian background (?)

HOWORTH, Henry Hoyle. Lisbon 1.7.1842 — London 15.7.1923. Sir. British Barrister, Conservative Politician ...

HRKAL, Eduard. 18?? — Vienna 1948?. Czech Linguist. Called Professor (1939), probably at ...

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 nad Labem) 6.5.1879 — Prague 12.12.1952. Czech Orientalist (Assyriologist and Hittite ...

HÛ, Fernand. 18?? — 1???. French Indologist (in preface he calls French “notre langue” and France ...

HUART, Clément —> IMBAULT-HUART, Clément.

HUBER, Édouard (Eduard). Großwangen, Kanton Luzern 12.8.1879 — Vinh Long, Vietnam 6.1.1914 (when 35). Swiss Sinologist ...

HUBERT, Henri Pierre Eugène. Paris 23.6.1872 — Chatou, Yvelines 25.5.1927. French Sociologist, Scholar of Ancient History and Religion. ...

HÜBSCHMANN, Johann Heinrich. Erfurt 1.7.1848 — ...

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 ...

HUDSON-WILLIAMS, Thomas. Caernarfon 4.2.1873 — 12.4.1961. British (Welsh) Celtologist and Comparative LinguistHÜGEL, Carl Alexander Anselm, Freiherr von

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 4.6.1942. Czech IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Prague. Student of Zubatý ...

HULBERT, Katherine W. 19.11.1909 — ?.11.1989. U.S Anthropologist of South India. B.A., M.A. Ph.D. 1969 University of Colorado in Boulder. Teacher, retired. From 1966 fieldwork ...

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

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von. Berlin 14.9.1769 — Berlin ...

HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand, Freiherr von. Potsdam 22.6.1767 — Tegel bei Berlin 8.4.1835. German ...

HUME, Robert Ernest. Ahmednagar, India 20.3.1877 — New York 4.1.1948. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Scholar of ...

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

HUMPHREYS, Travers Christmas (“Toby”). Ealing, Middlesex 15.2.1901 — London 13.4.1983. ...

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

HUNGERLEIDER, Fritz. Vienna 1920 — Vienna 1997. Austrian Bauddha. Born in a Catholic family with Jewish background, studied at Handelsakademie. In 1938 went to exile ...

HUNT, Edmund Henderson. Kensington, London 23.11.1874 — Farnham, Surrey 15.12.1952. British Physician (Surgeon) in India, interested in Archaeology. ...

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 (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of John Mackenzie H. ...

HUNTER, William. Montrose, Angus 1755 — Java ?.12.1812. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Educated at Marischal ...

HUNTER, William Wilson. Glasgow 15.7.1840 — Oaken Holt near Oxford 7.2.1900. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant, Historian, Ethnologist ...

HURVITZ, Leon Nahum. Cambridge MA4.8.1923 — Vancouver 28.9.1992. U.S. Sinologist and Buddhist Scholar. Son of Benjamin H. and ...

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 at ...

HUTCHISON, John. 1848 — Chamba 24.7.1936 (when 88). British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Studied medicine in Edinburgh. Medical ...

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

HUTH, Otto. Bonn 9.5.1906 — Tübingen 1998. German Scholar of Religion. Professor in Tübingen. Son of a neuropathologist. From 1925 studied theology at Bonn, Kiel ...

HÜTTEMANN, Wilhelm Ferdinand. Braunsberg/Ostpreussen (Braniewo in Poland) 27.3.1871 — 19??. German Student of Indology. Son of a school-teacher ...

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

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

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. ...