[INDOLOGY] Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn (1941-2014)

David Mellins dmellins at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 08:27:17 UTC 2014


Very sad news to receive while abroad. Just to affirm Dr. Hahn's willingness and indeed pleasure to share his hard earned knowledge of Sanskrit and Tibetan literatures with junior colleagues. I will regret many questions that never had the opportunity to be asked. 

Sincerely,

David Mellins

On Jul 13, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya wrote:

> Very sad indeed!
> DB
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Dragomir Dimitrov <dimitrov at staff.uni-marburg.de> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> it is with deep regret that I convey to you the sad news of the passing away
> of our beloved teacher and good friend Professor Michael Hahn. After a
> prolonged illness this distinguished scholar left us peacefully in the evening
> of July 12, 2014. For almost two decades from 1988 till 2006 Professor
> Michael Hahn held the chair of the Department of Indology and Tibetology at
> the University of Marburg, where he fostered many students and contributed
> numerous books and articles. Even to the very last days of his fruitful life,
> despite the impediments of his illness, he was always keen to promote
> scholarship and generously shared his vast knowledge. We will all dearly
> miss him. A small memorial service will be held today at 5 p.m. in the St.
> Elisabeth-Hospiz in Marburg. At present arrangements for a funeral service at
> his birthplace in Otterndorf are being made.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Dragomir Dimitrov
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
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>    Dr. phil. Dragomir Dimitrov
>    Indologie und Tibetologie
>    Philipps-Universität Marburg
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>    D-35032 Marburg
>    Germany
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