Robert Ernest Hume
BornMarch 20, 1877
Ahmednagar, India
DiedJanuary 4, 1948
New York City, New York, USA
Alma materYale University

Robert Ernest Hume (March 20, 1877 – January 4, 1948) was an Indian-born American author and professor of the History of Religions at Union Theological Seminary, Christian missionary in India, and congregational minister.[1] His translation of The Thirteen Principle Upanishads is seen as the standard for the work.[2]

Life

Robert E. Hume was born on March 20, 1877, in Ahmednagar, India to Christian missionary parents, Robert Allen Hume and Abbie Burgess.[3] He received his early education in India through his parents' missionary schools and later attended Newton High School in Massachusetts. Hume received his BA, MA, and PhD at Yale, after which he attended Union Theological for seminary school.[4]

Works

  • Hinduism and War (1916) The American Journal of Theology, vol. 20, 31-44
  • The Thirteen Principal Upanishads, with an Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads (1921) New York: Oxford University Press
  • The World’s Living Religions (1924) New York: Scribner
  • Treasure-house of the Living Religions (1932) New York: Scribner

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Hume, Expert on Religions, Dies". New York Times. January 5, 1948.
  2. ↑ Doniger, Wendy (1997). "Upanisads. The World's Classics. Translated by Patrick Olivelle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. lx, 446 pp. $6.95 (paper)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 56 (3). doi:10.2307/2659661. JSTOR 2659661. S2CID 161837725.
  3. ↑ "Robert Ernest Hume Papers, 1817" (PDF). Missionary Research Library Archives: Section 4. November 10, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Putney, Clifford; Burlin, Paul T. (2012-02-17). The Role of the American Board in the World: Bicentennial Reflections on the Organization's Missionary Work, 1810-2010. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 130. ISBN 9781610976404.
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