Died 1794-04-27.
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Siyar Jūnz
Sir William Jones was a British philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster to the Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. He is known for being one of the earliest scholars after father Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux to assert…
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culture · British philologist, scholar and judge (1746–1794) · anthropologist · linguist · judge · translator · poet · writer · botanist · politician · orientalist · qadi · also Siyar Jūnz, William Jones (philologist), Orientalist Jones, Jūnz
Born 28 September 1746 · Died 27 April 1794 · Q273969
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Born 1746-09-28.
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