William Jones (philologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Jones (philologist)

Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1746

Place of Birth: Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1794

Profession: judge, writer, poet, politician, translator, orientalist, botanist, anthropologist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sir William Jones FRS FRSE (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he coined as Indo-European. Jones is also credited for establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year 1784.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat