William Jones: Biography, Facts and Career
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Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster to the Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. He is known for being one of the earliest scholars after father Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux to assert the kinship of the Indo-European languages. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784.
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- Full name: William Jones
- Born: 1746-09-28
- Nationality: England
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q273969
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