[INDOLOGY] caesarean sections

[Herman Tull]

Rosane:

W. N. Brown's obituary appears here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/horace-irvin-poleman-19051965/89EDACB107E699F92B379D1FF13C9CA8

There are a few sites that have similar information. From:

https://whowaswho-indology.info/4828/poleman-horace-irvin/

POLEMAN, Horace Irvin
 19. März 2017 <https://whowaswho-indology.info/4828/poleman-horace-irvin/>

*POLEMAN, Horace I*rvin. Philadelphia 5.9.1905 — Washington DC 8.11.1965.
U.S. Indologist. Librarian in Washington DC. Studies at University of
Pennsylvania: 1927 Phi Beta Kappa graduate, A.B. 1927, M.A. 1929 in
classical languages, Ph.D. 1933 in Indic Studies (under W. N. Brown). In
1928-29 teacher. In 1933-38 research Associate in American Council of
Learned Associate preparing the manuscript catalogue, in 1934-35 also
Instructor in Sanskrit and Research Fellow at University of Pennsylvania,
in 1937-38 Research fellow at Yale. From 1938 working in Congress Library:
1938-42 Special Consultant of Indic Studies, 1942-49 and again 1952-55 Head
of South Asia Section in the Oriental Division, 1955-65 A. W. Hummel’s
successor as the head of Oriental Division. In 1949-52 Cultural Officer at
American Embassy in New Delhi. Married 1939 with Jenny Elizabeth Falk, two
sons.

*Publications:* “The Ritualistic Continuity of Ṛgveda X, 14-18”, *JAOS* 54,
1934, 276-281; with Ph. Q. Roche: “Aspects of Caesarean Section in India”,
*JAOS* 59, 1939, 17-21

– *A Census of Indic MSS. in the United States and Canada.* 29+542 p.
A.O.S. 12. New Haven 1938.

– *The Preta Concept in Hindu Thought and Ritual.* 1945.

– *Bibliography from articles. Middle Eastern Studies.* 1948.

– *A Survey of Tibetan Xylographs and Manuscripts in Institutions and
Private Collections in the United States and Canada.* 38 p. 1961.

*Sources:* *JAOS* 85, 1965, 618; *Dir. Am. Sch.* 3rd ed. 1957; **Nat.
Cyclop.* 53, 19??, 202.



On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:21 AM Rocher, Rosane D via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Allen,
>
> Thanks.  I was sleepy as well.  His middle initial was I for Irvin, not
> J., as I wrote.  It is a shame that LC did not preserve his file.  I wish
> we knew more about him.  With his census of Sanskrit MSS and his Union List
> of Printed Books, he marks the beginning of an era in Indian studies in
> North America.  I never knew him, but his teacher, W. Norman Brown spoke of
> him.  Do you or anyone on the list know the date(s) of his retirement from
> LC and of his death?  I wish I had asked more questions back in the
> sixties...
>
> Rosane
> On 11/1/18 10:37 AM, Allen Thrasher wrote:
>
> Dear Rosane,
>
> Thanks for the correction, and my apologies.  I was sleepy.  I am of
> course intensely aware of Poleman, and a great regret of mine is that the
> files on his initial purchasing trip to Southern Asia for the Library of
> Congress, and the chronological file for his entire career there, were not
> preserv3rd.
>
> Allen
>
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Herman Tull
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