Heinrich Zimmer

Heinrich Robert Zimmer (6 December 1890 – 20 March 1943) was a German Indologist and linguist, as well as a historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. He was the most important German scholar in Indian Philology after Max Müller (1823–1900).

This article is about the Indologist (1890–1943). For the Celticist and Indologist (1851–1910), see Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist).
Heinrich Zimmer
Heinrich Zimmer (1933)
Born6 December 1890
Greifswald, German Empire
Died20 March 1943 (age 52)
New Rochelle, New York, US
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Occupation(s)Academic, Indologist, linguist, and Historian of South Asian art
Spouse
Christiane von Hofmannsthal
​
​
(m. 1929)​
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.