William Jones (philologist)

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human judge jurist linguist orientalist philologist poet translator

William Jones (philologist) was an 18th-century British scholar and linguist best known for proposing the common origin of Indo-European languages, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics.

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William Jones 2
Sir William Jones 1
Sir William Jones (philologist) 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1746-09-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1794-04-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Harrow School ⓘ
University College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Jones ⓘ
father William Jones (philologist) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Jones (mathematician)
fieldOfWork Indology ⓘ
Sanskrit studies ⓘ
comparative linguistics ⓘ
law ⓘ
founded Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasInfluenced Indo-European studies ⓘ
comparative philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
knownFor foundational work in comparative linguistics ⓘ
proposing the common origin of Indo-European languages ⓘ
studies of Sanskrit ⓘ
translation of Asian texts ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Sanskrit ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
mother Mary Nix ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
name William Jones (philologist) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Jones
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork A Grammar of the Persian Language ⓘ
The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse) ⓘ
translation of Kalidasa's Shakuntala ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
positionHeld founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ
judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anna Maria Shipley ⓘ
workLocation Bengal ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Jones → notableBearer → William Jones (philologist) ⓘ
University College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → William Jones (philologist) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Jones (philologist)
Asiatic Society of Bengal → foundedBy → William Jones (philologist) ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Jones
William Jones (philologist) → name → William Jones (philologist) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Jones
William Jones (philologist) → father → William Jones (philologist) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Jones (mathematician)
The Club → hasMember → William Jones (philologist) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William Jones