Wilhelm Hein (Orientalist)

Wilhelm Hein (born January 7, 1861 in Vienna ; † November 19, 1903 ibid) was an Austrian linguist, folklorist , orientalist and ethnographer .

Life

Together with Michael Haberlandt , with whom he worked in the anthropological-ethnographic department of the Natural History Museum , he founded the Society for Folklore in 1894 , the Journal for Austrian Folklore in 1895 and the Museum for Folklore in Vienna in the same year . 1901-02 he went on a research trip to southern Arabia and Yemen . The materials collected there in field research became the basis of his most important publication on Mehri and Hadrami texts.

In 1903 the Heingasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.

1894: "Dances and Volksschauspiele in Tirol and Salzburg", in: Mitteilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft Wien , Vol. 24 (The new series, 12th Vol.), Vienna 1894, pp. 45–48.
1896: (with others): Ethnographic contributions. (Ceremony to celebrate the 70th birthday of Prof. Ad. Bastian) (= International Archive for Ethnography. Vol. 9, Supplement, ZDB -ID 543222-4 ). Brill, Leiden 1896.
1903: A contribution to the statistics of South Arabia: (Tables for the statistics of Gischin in Mahralande) , [Vienna] 1903.
1909: Mehri and Ḥaḍrami texts. Collected in Gischin in 1902 (= South Arabian Expedition. No. 9). Edited and edited by Dav. Heinr. Müller Hölder, Vienna 1909.

Entry on Wilhelm Hein (Orientalist) in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Josef Haekel : Hein, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 278 f. ( Digitized version ).
Hein Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 246.

personal data
SURNAME	Hein, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian linguist, folklorist, orientalist and ethnographer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 19, 1903
Place of death	Vienna