William Jones (philologist)
British philologist and scholar (1746–1794) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir William Jones FRS FRAS FRSE (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, orientalist and a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India. He is particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which later came to be known as the Indo-European languages.
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_(cropped).jpg) A steel engraving of Sir William Jones, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
| Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal | |
| In office 22 October 1783[1] – 27 April 1794[2] | |
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| Born | 28 September 1746 Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 27 April 1794 (aged 47) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency |
| Resting place | South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India |
| Spouse | Anna Maria Shipley (m. 1783) |
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Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784.