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@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@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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