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Encyclopedia: William Jones (philologist)

Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 – April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.

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How to say "William Jones (philologist)" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	威廉·琼斯
	(German)	William Jones
	(French)	William Jones (linguiste)

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Eugene Aram

Eugene Aram (1704 - 1759) was a English philologist and murderer. He proposed Celtic languages to be Indo-European. He was executed...

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George O. Curme

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Henry Bradley

Henry Bradley (1845-1923) was a philologist and lexicographer, the second editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1888 until his death...

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Nathaniel Brassey Halhed

of Sir William Jones, the famous Orientalist, who induced him to study Arabic. Accepting a writership... Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (May 25, 1751 - February 18, 1830), English Orientalist and philologist, was born at Westminster. He was educated at Harrow, where he began his intimacy with Richard...

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1794

political scientist April 27 - Sir William Jones, British philologist and discoverer of the Indo-European...

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