Betty Heimann
(1888-1961)
British German indologist
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Betty Heimann (29 March 1888, Wandsbek, Germany - 19 May 1961, Sirmione, Italy) was the first woman Indologist to habilitate in Germany. After the Nazis banned Jews from holding academic positions in Germany in 1933, she taught at the University of London and became a British citizen. After the end of World War II she founded the Department of Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit at the University of Ceylon.
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29 March 1888 Wandsbek, Germany
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19 May 1961 (aged 73) Sirmione, Italy
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