| | 1 | Name: | Sir Dimitri Obolensky | | | Institution: | University of Oxford | | | Year Elected: | 1990 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1918 | | | Death Date: | December 23, 2001 | | | | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. Ludo Rocher | | | Institution: | University of Pennsylvania | | | Year Elected: | 1990 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1926 | | | Death Date: | November 2, 2016 | | | | | | |
Ludo Rocher brought to Sanskrit studies the rigorous philological training of a classicist and the persuasive talents of a lawyer. He was W. Norman Brown Professor of South Asian Studies Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had taught since 1966, Dr. Rocher was born in Belgium and was a graduate of the University of Ghent (LL.D., 1950; Ph.D., 1952). His publications, including over 140 articles on subjects ranging from Indian law and philosophy to Sanskrit grammar and Hindi, reflect Dr. Rocher's devotion to the traditions of Western scholarship and his mastery both of the latter and of the Indian sastras. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had chaired the Department of Oriental Studies and the Department of South Asia Regional Studies, Dr. Rocher taught Sanskrit and comparative philology at the University of Brussels (1959-67), directing its Center for Study of South and Southeast Asia from 1961-67. A past president of the American Oriental Society, Dr. Rocher was also a fellow of the Royal Academy for Overseas Science, Belgium and of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, where he had frequently conducted research. Ludo Rocher died November 2, 2016, at age 90, at home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| 3 | Name: | Dr. Brian Tierney | | | Institution: | Cornell University | | | Year Elected: | 1990 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1922 | | | Death Date: | November 30, 2019 | | | | | | |
Internationally recognized as a leading scholar of medieval canon law, Brian Tierney was among the most distinguished intellectual historians of the Middle Ages. After serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Dr. Tierney received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Cambridge University. He taught at Catholic University and at Cornell University, where was the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus. He was the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships and fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was awarded the honorary degrees of Doctor of Theology from Uppsala University, Sweden, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Catholic University. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and in 1994 he received the Award for Academic Distinction of the American Historical Association. Dr. Tierney authored many articles and several books, including Foundations of the Conciliar Theory (1955), Medieval Poor Law (1959), The Crisis of Church and State, 1050-1300 (1964), Origins of Papal Infallibility, 1150-1350 (1972) Religion, Law and the Growth of Constitutional Thought, 1150-1650 (1981), and The Idea of Natural Rights, Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law, 1150-1625. Brian Tierney died November 30, 2019 in Syracuse, New York at the age of 97. | |
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