HUBSCHMANN. hupsh'inan, Josi.txx MAN ( g4S- ). A German philologist, horn at Erfurt. lie studied oriental philosophy at Jena. Ttibingen, 1.eipzig. and Munich; in 187fi became professor of Iranian languages at Leipzig. and in 1877 professor of comparative linguistics at Strasshnrg. Ilk principal works are: Zur Casusli lire (1s75) .1rnienisehe St (1SS3 ) lags indo-yermanische lokalsystem (ISIS:5) : /...ty ,110/onie find Lautlehre der osset isehen Sprache 11:4`.+7 I e Studien ( 1895 ) ; and ,tt r 7.1rItische Grammatik (1:495 RII, ) HUC, nk, Ev.Naisr•: RI:e.is (1813-60). A Trench Roman Catholic missionary and traveler. lie was born in Toulouse: joined Ilse Lazarist fathers in 1S39. and at once went to China. After a few years in missionary labor in North ern China, in 1844 he set out for Tibet. Wills his two companions he spent several months in a 'fittar monastery. learning the Tibetan language, and then made his way over the desert and gla ciers to Lhasa. arriving in January. 1846. With
in a few weeks, however, he was compelled to re turn. the Chinese ambassador having successfully used his influence to that end. Such was the strain on Father line's health that he was forced to conic hawk to France in 1849. He pub lished: gourenirs d'un voyage dons In Tartaric, Ir Thibet el la Chine prnrinnt les ann6es 1844-46 (2 vols., Paris, 1S50) ; L'empirc chinois 1855) ; and Lc ehristianisine cn Chine, en Tartaric ct en. Thibct (4 vols., ib., 1857-58). All of these works have been translated into English. The strange ness of the things described caused them to be received with incredulity, lint later travelers have established their truth. Father flue's health was never fully restored, and lie died at the age of forty-six. Consult: Henri d'OrWans, Le pore Hue et sex critiques (Paris, 1893).