Heinrich Zimmer

Heinrich Zimmer
Heinrich Zimmer
	Heinrich Zimmer (1933)
Born	6 December 1890; Greifswald, German Empire
Died	20 March 1943 (age 52); New Rochelle, New York, US
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Occupation(s)	Academic, Indologist, linguist, and Historian of South Asian art
Spouse	Christiane von Hofmannsthal (m. 1929)

Heinrich Robert Zimmer (6 December 1890 – 20 March 1943) was a German Indologist and linguist, as well as a historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. He was the most important German scholar in Indian Philology after Max Müller (1823–1900).^[1]

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Heinrich Zimmer
Heinrich Zimmer (1933)
Born	6 December 1890 Greifswald, German Empire
Died	20 March 1943 (age 52) New Rochelle, New York, US
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Occupation(s)	Academic, Indologist, linguist, and Historian of South Asian art
Spouse	Christiane von Hofmannsthal (m. 1929)