Background
Hambye was born in Mons and attended that city"s Jesuit high school.
Hambye was born in Mons and attended that city"s Jesuit high school.
He was often published under the name East. R. Hambye, and in India was anglicized as "Edward". His primary field of writing was the Syrian Malabar church. When work on the Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India commenced in 1970 by George Menachery he was along with Paul Verghese, later Paulos March Gregorios, one of the prominent consultants.
In 1977 he had already been working in Kurseong, Delhi, Poona, Vadavathoor-Kottayam for 26 years.
In later years he was a professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.
An active member of the Indian Church Historical Association, Hambye was appointed a member of the commission for dialogue with the Malankara Orthodox Church, Kottayam, 1989.