William Jones (judge)

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:deathDate 1794
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gptkb:poetry
linguistics
philology
translator
oriental studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Jones (judge)
gptkbp:knownFor founding the Asiatic Society of Bengal
work on comparative linguistics
proposing the Indo-European language family
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gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Telugu
gptkb:Tibetan
English
Portuguese
Turkish
Marathi
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork translation of Gita Govinda
translation of Abhijnanashakuntalam
translation of Hitopadesha
translation of Kalidasa's Shakuntala
translation of The Laws of Manu
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
orientalist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_Maria_Shipley
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