Background
Poleman, Horace Irvin was born on September 5, 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bennett and Ida (Van Zant) Poleman.
Poleman, Horace Irvin was born on September 5, 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bennett and Ida (Van Zant) Poleman.
Bachelor of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1927, Master of Arts, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.
Research associate American Council Learned Socs., also Harrison fellow University of Pennsylvania, Sterling fellow Yale, 1933-1938. Director Indic studies Library of Congress, 1938-1942, chief S. Asia section Orientalia division, 1942-1949, 52-55, chief Orientalia division, since 1955. Cultural attache American Embassy, New Delhi, India, 1949-1952.
Consultant Indo-American cultural relations United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Consultant on pronunciation Webster’s Geography Dictionary.
Member of American Oriental Society (president), Association Asian Studies (chairman of the national committee American Library Resources, Southern Asia), American History Association Beta Kappa. Compiler: Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. 1938, also biliographies on South Asia.
Married Jenny Elizabeth Falk, September 23, 1939. Children: Karl Falk, Robert Van Zant.