[INDOLOGY] passing of Prof Heesterman (1925-2014)

[George Thompson]

Dear List,

We will all remember Prof. Heesterman as a great scholar, but I will also
remember him as a man who was kind and generously attentive to an unknown
novice in Vedic Studies many, many years ago.

George Thompson


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya
<dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear friends,
> Thanks for mailing to the List though I already knew of the sad loss. With
> the passing away of this colorful and interesting personality Indology lost
> two stalwarts in quick succession -- Kamaleswar Bhattacharya and
> J.C.Heesterman. It is a coincidence that both preferred writing on paper
> with the pen. So also the late Professor Kuiper.
> We shall feel then loss that I deeply mourn
> Best
> D.B.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, peter bisschop <pcbisschop at googlemail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>>
>> It is with profound regret that I announce the passing of Prof. Dr.
>> Jan Heesterman yesterday afternoon. Prof. Heesterman was one of the
>> great Dutch Indologists of the 20th century and a wonderful person. I
>> am sorry to be the bearer of this very sad news to many of you.
>>
>> Peter Bisschop
>> Leiden University
>>
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