Sir William Jones
Biography
Birthday - 28 September 1746
Native place - London at Beaufort Buildings, Westminster
Dead - 27 April 1794
Nation - Anglo-Welsh
Parents - William Jones (a mathematician) and Mary Nix Jones
Education - Middle Temple - law (1770)
Harrow College (1753)
Oxford University – B.A. (1768)
Oxford University - M.A. (1773)
Language fluency - Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and the basics of Chinese writing
Occupations - Tutor
Tutor and translator
Circuit judge - Wales
Puisne judge - Supreme Court of Bengal (4 March 1783)
Honorary Titles - knighted (20 March 1783)
Marriage - with Anna Maria Shipley (April 1783)
Arrival to Calcutta - 25 September 1783
Scholarly contributions
Field - Philology, Indo-European languages and ancient Indian literature
Publications - Caissab (a poem) 1763
Histoire de Nader Chah, 1770 (a French translation of a work originally written in Persian by Mirza Mehdi
Khan Astarabadi)
Persian Grammar (1771)
The World as Will and Representation (1819)
The Sanscrit Language (1786)
His third annual discourse delivered on 2 February 1786 (published in 1788) before the Asiatic Society on the history and culture of the Hindus
Biography
Birthday - 28 September 1746
Native place - London at Beaufort Buildings, Westminster
Dead - 27 April 1794
Nation - Anglo-Welsh
Parents - William Jones (a mathematician) and Mary Nix Jones
Education - Middle Temple - law (1770)
Harrow College (1753)
Oxford University – B.A. (1768)
Oxford University - M.A. (1773)
Language fluency - Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and the basics of Chinese writing
Occupations - Tutor
Tutor and translator
Circuit judge - Wales
Puisne judge - Supreme Court of Bengal (4 March 1783)
Honorary Titles - knighted (20 March 1783)
Marriage - with Anna Maria Shipley (April 1783)
Arrival to Calcutta - 25 September 1783
Scholarly contributions
Field - Philology, Indo-European languages and ancient Indian literature
Publications - Caissab (a poem) 1763
Histoire de Nader Chah, 1770 (a French translation of a work originally written in Persian by Mirza Mehdi
Khan Astarabadi)
Persian Grammar (1771)
The World as Will and Representation (1819)
The Sanscrit Language (1786)
- Founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta (15 January 1784)
His third annual discourse delivered on 2 February 1786 (published in 1788) before the Asiatic Society on the history and culture of the Hindus