William Jones (philologist)

GPTKB entity

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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:translator gptkb:law gptkb:poetry comparative linguistics oriental studies
gptkbp:founded	gptkb:Asiatic_Society_of_Bengal
gptkbp:foundedYear	1784
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:orientalist gptkb:lawyer gptkb:linguist
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Jones (philologist)