Betty Heimann was the first woman Indologist to habilitate in Germany. After the Nazis banned Jews from holding academic positions in Germany in 1933, she taught at the University of London and became a British citizen.
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Betty Heimann was the first woman Indologist to habilitate in Germany. After the Nazis banned Jews from holding academic positions in Germany in 1933, she taught at the University of London and became a British citizen. After the end of World War II she founded the Department of Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit at the University of Ceylon.
Country
GermanyCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1961 · aged 73
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