William Jones (philologist)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Jones_(philologist)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:appointedBy judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, Calcutta
gptkbp:appointmentDate 1783
gptkbp:birthDate 1746-09-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1794-04-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Calcutta,_British_India
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:law
gptkb:poetry
translator
comparative linguistics
oriental studies
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal
gptkbp:foundedYear 1784
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Jones (philologist)
gptkbp:influenced historical linguistics
comparative linguistics
Indology
gptkbp:knownFor founding the Asiatic Society of Bengal
proposing the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Prakrit
English
Turkish
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Works_of_Sir_William_Jones
gptkb:A_Grammar_of_the_Persian_Language
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:linguist
orientalist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:South_Park_Street_Cemetery,_Kolkata
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_Maria_Shipley
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Jones_(mathematician)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6