William Jones

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:character
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal
gptkbp:appears_in gptkb:The_Age_of_Adaline
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:awards Royal Society Fellow
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:birth_year 1908
gptkbp:born September 28, 1746
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Jones_Jr.
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:cultural_identity
gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkb:Cultural_exchange
gptkb:Sanskrit_literature
gptkb:Colonial_studies
Cultural preservation
Cultural studies
Historical linguistics
Humanities
Indian culture
Language documentation
Philology
Social sciences
Translation studies
Comparative mythology
Indology
Cultural anthropology
Research methodology
Global studies
Language revitalization
Historical documentation
Interdisciplinary studies
Linguistic diversity
Translation of ancient texts
Linguistic anthropology
Academic scholarship
Sanskrit lexicography
gptkbp:contribution Establishment of comparative linguistics
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Calcutta,_India
gptkbp:death_year gptkb:2015
gptkbp:died December 27, 1794
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:established Sanskrit studies in the West
gptkbp:family gptkb:Daughter
gptkbp:famous_quote The Sanskrit language is of a wonderful structure.
gptkbp:field gptkb:Linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Jones
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Modern_linguistics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Max_Müller
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Sir_William_Hamilton
gptkbp:involved_in Oriental studies
gptkbp:known_for Indo-European linguistics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
English
Greek
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer of comparative linguistics
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_for His relationship with Adaline Bowman
gptkbp:notable_work The Principles of the Sanskrit Grammar
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Doctor_of_Philosophy
gptkb:Philanthropist
gptkbp:portrayed_by gptkb:Harrison_Ford
gptkbp:relationship_with gptkb:Adaline_Bowman
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_Jones
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:A_Grammar_of_the_Arabic_Language
gptkb:A_Grammar_of_the_Sanskrit_Language
A Grammar of the Persian Language
The Works of William Jones
The History of the British Empire in India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bank_of_the_United_States
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