Heinrich Zimmer | |
|---|---|
 Heinrich Zimmer (1933) | |
| Born | 6 December 1890 |
| Died | 20 March 1943 (age 52) |
| 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]