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William Jones

1746 - 1794

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Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British scholar and judge. Born in Westminster, London to 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. As part of his research, he was the first to assert the kinship of the Indo-European languages. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Jones is the 25th most popular linguist, the 758th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 683rd in 2019) and the most popular British Linguist.

William Jones was the founder of the Royal Asiatic Society. He is most famous for his translations of Persian and Indian texts, as well as his work on Hindu law.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, William Jones ranks 25 out of 214Before him are Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, Edward Sapir, Antoine Meillet, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Algirdas Julien Greimas. After him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Sibawayh, Michael Halliday, Otto Jespersen, Pompeu Fabra, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy.

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Among people born in 1746, William Jones ranks 11Before him are Tadeusz Kościuszko, Giuseppe Piazzi, Gaspard Monge, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Robert R. Livingston, and Maurice Benyovszky. After him are Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Giovanni Battista Venturi, George XII of Georgia, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Infanta Benedita of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1794, William Jones ranks 14Before him are Camille Desmoulins, Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, Alexandre de Beauharnais, André Chénier, and Georges Couthon. After him are Jacques Hébert, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Jones ranks 758 out of 8,785Before him are John Smith (1580), Steve Howe (1947), Michael Howard (1941), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Rowland Hill (1795), and Bryan Ferry (1945). After him are Gregory Bateson (1904), Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Willibrord (658), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Eadred (923).

Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, William Jones ranks 1After him are Michael Halliday (1925), Robert Morrison (1782), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), Daniel Jones (1881), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), John Chadwick (1920), John Florio (1553), James Legge (1815), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), John Lyons (1932), and Henry Sweet (1845).