HUTH, Otto. Bonn 9.5.1906 — Tübingen 1998. German Scholar of Religion. Professor in Tübingen. Son of a neuropathologist. Educated in Bonn. From 1925 studied theology at Bonn, Kiel and Marburg. Ph.D. 1932 Bonn (under C. Clemen in comparative religion). Joined the NSDAP in 1928. In 1935 met Hermann Wirth, collaborated…
HUJER, Oldřich. Paceřice, Liberec region 25.11.1880 — Prague 4.6.1942. Czech IE and Slavic Linguist. Professor in Prague. Son of Jan Hujer and Josefa Kovářova. Student of Zubatý at Prague, Ph.D. 1910. Also studied 1909-10 at Leipzig under Leskien. PD 1911 Prague, 1919 ao, Professor and then succeeded Zubatý as the…
HÜBSCHMANN, Johann Heinrich. Erfurt 1.7.1848 — Strassburg 20.1.1908. German Indo-Iranist. Professor in Strassburg. Son of Ernst Friedrich Hübschmann (d. 1854), a mill owner, and Martha Cramer. After gymnasium in Erfurt, studies of IE and Semitic linguistics at Jena (Schleicher), Tübingen, Leipzig anf Munich. Ph.D. 1872 Munich (under Haug). In 1874…
HROZNÝ, Bedřich (Friedrich Hr.). Lissa (now Lysá nad Labem) 6.5.1879 — Prague 12.12.1952. Czech Orientalist (Assyriologist and Hittite Scholar), attempted at Decipherment of Indus Script. Professor in Prague. Son of Václav Hrozný (d. 1896), a Lutheran priest, and Anna Šimáčková. Educated in Prague and Köln (Kolín), now learnt Hebrew and…
HOVELACQUE, Alexandre Abel. Paris 14.11.1843 — Paris 22.2.1896. French Iranian Scholar, Linguist and Anthropologist. Born of a family active in textile industry in Lille, son of Édouard Joseph Hovelacque and Anne Françoise Evelina Gense. Studied first law and took comparative grammar as an additional subject under H. Chavée. In 1869-77…
HORTON-SMITH, Lionel Graham Horton. 12.7.1871 — London 9.3.1953. British Lawyer interested in Linguistics. Son of Richard Horton Horton-Smith and Marilla Baily. Educated in Marlborough, studies of classics and law at St.John’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1893, M.A. 1897). Called to bar 1897 by Lincoln’s Inn. Worked as barrister in London. Married…
HOLTZMANN, Adolf Karl Wilhelm (der ältere). Karlsruhe 2.5.1810 — Heidelberg 3.7.1870. German Indologist and Germanist. Professor in Heidelberg. Son of Johann Michael Holtzmann (1774–1820), a teacher (at Lyceum), and Christiane Fetzer, brother of Karl Julius Holtzmann (1804–1877), the father of the younger —> Adolf Holtzmann (1838–1914) From 1828 studies of…
HOLMBOE, Christopher Andreas. Vang/Valdres, Oppland 19.3.1796 — Christiania (Oslo) 2.4.1882. Norwegian Orientalist and Numismatician. Professor in Christiania. Son of Rev. Jens Holmboe (1746–1822) and Cathrine Holst. Matriculated from Cathedral School of Christiania in 1814. Studies of theology at the new university of Christiania, graduated cand.theol. 1818. Sent by Professor Hersleben…
HOFMANN, Erich. Mühlhausen, Thüringen 4.3.1895 — Kiel 7.11.1982. German IE Linguist. Professor in Kiel. Son of a school director, N. N. Hofmann, educated in Görlitz and Wiesbaden. In 1913-22 studies of classics, Russian and comparative linguistics at Göttingen (but in 1914-19 in military service). Ph.D. 1922 Göttingen, 1923-25 further studies…
HOFFMANN, Otto. Hannover 9.2.1865 — Münster 6.6.1940. German IE and Greek Linguist. Professor in Münster. Son of Otto Heinrich Karl Hoffmann (1837–1879), a Prussian civil servant, and Johanna Schnelle, grew up in Hannover. From 1883 studied at Göttingen, Ph.D. there 1888 (diss. on Greek dialects, under A. Fick). PD 1889…