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	Sir William Jones - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		SIR WILLIAM JONES (1746-1794), British Orientalist and jurist, was born in London on the 28th of September 1746.
		In 1764 Jones entered University College, Oxford, where he continued to study Oriental literature, and perfected himself in Persian and Arabic by the aid of a Syrian Mirza, whom he had discovered and brought from London.
		In 1772 Jones published a volume of Poems, Chiefly Translations from Asiatick Languages, together with Two Essays on the Poetry of Eastern Nations and on the Arts commonly called Imitative, and in 1774 a treatise entitled Poeseos Asiatice commentatorium libri sex, which definitely confirmed his authority as an Oriental scholar.
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	ELIOHS - Jones - The article in the Dictionary of National Biography, by Henry Morse Stephens
		Jones, Sir William 1746-1794, oriental scholar, youngest child of William Jones (1675-1749) [q.v.] the mathematician, was born at Beaufort Buildings, Westminster, on 28 Sept. 1746, and lost his father while a child of three years old.
		Jones also took a keen interest in politics, and in 1780 he offered himself as a candidate for the representation of the university of Oxford in the House of Commons.
		Jones, on the other hand, came to India with a mind imbued not only with enthusiasm for oriental studies, but with a wider knowledge of classical and other literatures than men sent to India in their early manhood ordinarily possessed.
	www.eliohs.unifi.it /testi/700/jones/Jones_DNB_article.html (2490 words)

	Jones, Sir William - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jones was celebrated for his understanding of jurisprudence and of Oriental languages.
		Jones was the first to suggest that Sanskrit originated from the same source as Latin and Greek, thus laying the foundation for modern comparative philology.
		FOCUS: Sir Digby: Most wanted and most expensive; Sir Digby Jones is not disappearing from view after his six and a half year stint at the helm of the CBI.
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	Biography of Sir William Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The author pays tribute Sir William Jones, the great scholar and visionary, who came to India as a judge of the Supreme court, and with the help of Charles Wilkins, in 1784 started the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the journal Asiatic Researches.
		Jones arrived in India in September 1783 a judge in the Supreme Court in Calcutta.
		Jones realized that it was the East, which held the secrets of early history and civilization of man; and that unless the East was know, the history of man could not be written.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/people/pioneers/w-jones.htm (489 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The 18th Century: Topic 4: Texts and Contexts
		Sir William Jones (1746–1794) was a scholar and lawyer who was famous in his lifetime for reportedly knowing twenty-eight languages.
		Jones was a member of Samuel Johnson's famous literary club, and published a number of translations of "Asiatick" writing before being called to the bar in 1774.
		Sir William Jones provides this transcription of the original Persian text at the bottom of the page, bearing his English translation as proof that he is no Psalmanazar, but unlike his contemporary, Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Jones prefers a less literal translation process.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/18century/topic_4/jones.htm (1097 words)

	William Jones (philologist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		demonstrated, with supporting data (which Jones lacked), that Algonquian and Iroquoian language families (families not merely languages) were related, it was Jones' discovery that caught the imagination of later scholars and became the semi-mythical origin of modern historical comparative linguistics.
		Cannon, Garland H. Oriental Jones: A biography of Sir William Jones, 1746-1794.
		Cannon, Garland H. Sir William Jones: A bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Jones_(philologist) (663 words)

	Sir William Jones
		This series of essays explores the debate over the role of these scholars, focusing mainly on Sir William Jones, the noted philogist and linguist who discovered that Sanskrit, Ancient Greek and Latin were part of the same language family, the "Indo-European" language family.
		Part II of a three-part series, that discusses the modern historical debate about the British Orientalists, a group of late 18th century/early 19th century century scholars who went to India to study its languages, cultures, histories and societies.
		This series of essays explores the debate over the role of these scholars, focusing mainly on Sir William Jones, the noted philologist and linguist who discovered that Sanskrit, Ancient Greek and Latin were part of the same language family, the "Indo-European" language family.
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	Sir William Jones (1748-1794): The "Good" Orientalist?, Part III
		While I found his contention that Jones was a prime architect of British hegemony in India to be quite convincing, Said does not adequately explain why he fails to address the impact, if any, Jones had on the Indian renaissance and the later Indian independence movement.
		For it is perfectly reasonable for Jones to have been both a prime architect of British hegemony, as well as encouraging an Indian renaissance, though the juxtaposition perhaps seems quite paradoxical.
		Yet I have found that this phrase is the most fruitful way of describing Jones, who was engaged, like other Orientalists, in the nefarious enterprise of establishing imperial hegemony, but who was also "good" in the respect that such actions also led to Indian intellectuals reinterpreting their past and reshaping their culture.
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		Nadir Shah in Persian, Jones was requested to translate the MS.
		Sir William Jones is best known by modern linguists as a pioneer in the recognition of the very existence of the Indo-European language family, being the first to observe similarities between Europe's classical languaes and Sanskrit.
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	William Jones (philologist) Summary
		Bicentennial reappraisals of Sir William Jones's Asiatic Society in various disciplines in the 1980s concluded that his fame and influence have not returned to the exalted worldwide levels reached just prior to the Victorian cultural and literary reappra...
		William Jones was born in London but later settled in Calcutta, India.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /William_Jones_(philologist) (179 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Jones, (Sir) William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jones was president of the Asiatic Society until his death in 1794.
		Jones further developed his theory later and established the discipline of comparative linguistics in the world by establishing conclusively the kinship between Sanskrit, Persian, Latin, Greek and German philologists, Friedrich Von Schlegel and F Max Muller.
		How Jones was estimated in his own times and afterwards will be attested by the fact that in all literary and scientific dictionaries and encyclopedias his name appeared with unparalleled eulogies and appreciation.
	banglapedia.search.com.bd /HT/J_0123.htm (647 words)

	SIR WILLIAM JONES - Selected poetical and prose works
		Sir William Jones (1746-94), philologist, polymath, polyglot, acknowledged legislator and poet, was the greatest Orientalist of his generation.
		Jones has two major claims on critical attention now: the literary-historical significance for Romantic Orientalism of his representations of Asia; and his central importance as author and authorizer of colonial discourse and practice within the specific climate of current postcolonial debate.
		He is author of a biography in the Writers of Wales series, Sir William Jones (University of Wales Press, 1995), and of articles on medieval love-lyric, Oriental Gothic, and colonial rhetoric.
	www.uwp.co.uk /book_desc/1294.html (617 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Jones, Sir William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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	Sir William Jones
		Sir William Jones, who is better known for his vast contributions to linguistics, was born on September 28, 1746 in London.
		While living in India, Jones thought it was necessary to learn Sanskrit in order to prepare himself for Hindu and Muslim laws.
		Before Sir William Jones died on April 27, 1794 in Calcutta, he wrote two more books which were titled Institutes of Hindu Law in 1794 and Muhammedan Law of Inheritance in 1792.
	personal.monm.edu /mcroberts_dawn/sir_william_jones.htm (389 words)

	William Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794) son of Sir William Jones (mathematician)
		William Jones (VC), the recipient of the Victoria Cross
		William Jones (wrestler), a professional wrestler who also served in the US military.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_William_Jones (281 words)

	Amazon.com: Sir William Jones 1746-1794: A Commemoration: Books: Alexander Murray,Richard Gombrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sir William Jones was one of the greatest polymaths in history.
		At the time of his early death in 1794 he knew 13 languages thoroughly and a further 28 moderately well, yet his languages were to him only a means of reaching a deeper understanding, in contrasting cultures, of law, history, literature, music, botany, and other disciplines.
		Known as `Oriental Jones', his study of middle-eastern cultures, championship of American independence, and finally his appointment as high court judge in Calcutta, made him a universal figure.
	www.amazon.com /Sir-William-Jones-1746-1794-Commemoration/dp/0199201900 (830 words)

	Sir William Jones — Infoplease.com
		Cultural possession, imperial control, and comparative religion: the Calcutta perspectives of Sir William Jones and Nathaniel Brassey......
		Cecropia and the Church of Antichrist in Sir Philip Sidney's 'New Arcadia.'
		A mock-biblical controversy: Sir Richard Blackmore in the 'Dunciad.'
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	Where Edward Said Was Wrong [review of Robert Irwin, "Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents"] - Campus ...
		Nowhere in Irwin's otherwise full account of de Sacy does he mention that the Frenchman was an adviser to the Foreign Minister, or that he translated the bulletins of the Grande Armée in Egypt and the Imperial proclamation that was issued after France's occupation of Algiers in 1830.
		However, he does not explain the influence that Jones and other pro-Indian scholars had on Britain's Imperial approach to its Indian subjects — which was, until the 1830s, relatively inclusive and tolerant — or record the role of Warren Hastings, the Governor of Bengal, in starting the Society.
		In the nineteenth century, two diplomats who were prominent in promoting Britain's influence over Iran, Sir John Malcolm and Sir Gore Ouseley, the latter a founder of the Royal Asiatic Society, made serious scholarly contributions to the study, respectively, of Iranian history and poetry.
	www.campus-watch.org /article/id/2974 (2628 words)

	William Jones - AOL Music
		William Jones was born in the village of Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd,...
		William Jones was a Welsh mathematician who corresponded with many of the important English mathematicians of his day.
		Download, listen and watch William Jones music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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	Poet: Sir William Jones - All poems of Sir William Jones
		Poet: Sir William Jones - All poems of Sir William Jones
		Sir William Jones: A bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
		William Jones (historian) (1860–1932); Sir William Jones (mathematician) (~1675–1749), father of Sir William Jones (philologist); Sir William Jones...
	www.poemhunter.com /sir-william-jones (260 words)

	Sacontala, or Shakuntala, or Sakuntala, by Kalidasa, trans. Sir William Jones
		Sir William Jones's uniquely influential, delightful, and historically important translation has long been of interest to students in many fields.
		Sir William Jones: an archive of articles (1784-1793) by this very important early Indologist (scroll down and look under "Jones")
		Compare: Sir Monier Monier-Williams's translation (1855); and a separate reprint of this translation with an introduction by Epiphanius Wilson (1900)
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/shakuntala_jones (290 words)

	William Jones - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		William Jones - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jones, Bill T., born in 1952, African American dancer and choreographer, the cofounder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
		My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
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	Dan O'Huiginn: Sir William Jones: getting lucky
		It comes from a speech William Jones gave to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta in 1786.
		Jones wasn’t coming up with a systematic theory of historical linguistics - he was clumping together any similarity he could find, with no regard to plausibility.
		It is very remarkable, that the Peruvians, whose Incas boasted of the same descent, styled their greatest festival Ramasitoa; whence we may suppose that South America was peopled by the same race, who imported into the farthest parts of Asia the rites and fabulous history of Rama
	www.ohuiginn.net /mt/2005/04/sir_william_jones_getting_luck.html (321 words)

	SIR WILLIAM JONES
		Sir William Jones (1746-94) was the foremost Orientalist of his generation, and one of the greatest intellectual explorers of all time.
		At the age of twenty-six, `Oriental' Jones was elected to Dr Johnson's Literary Club.
		His legal career, which took him from south Wales circuits to a judgeship on the Bengal Supreme Court, was marked by his passion for social justice.
	www.uwp.co.uk /book_desc/1295.html (246 words)

	Sir William Jones — FactMonster.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jones, Sir William, 1746–94, English philologist and jurist.
		Amrita - Amrita The elixir of immortality, made by churning the milk-sea (Hindu mythology).
		Jonas - Jonas in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Sir William Jones,...
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	Sir William Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sir William Jones (1748-1794) was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784 of which Edward Tuite Dalton was a member.
		Jones was a scholar of Ancient India and involved himself a great deal in comparative linguistics, Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian history and chronology, art, archaeology and natural history.
		Another interesting page is this, it gives a tribute to Sir William Jones and more details about his life and contribtuions
	www.swan.ac.uk /visualanthropology/projects/003_Dalton/williamjones.htm (121 words)

	Sir William Jones 1746-1794 Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
		Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin co...
		Sir William Jones: A Study in Eighteenth Century British Attitudes to India
		Asiatic Jones;: The life and influence of Sir William Jones (1746-1794) pioneer of Indian studies,
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	Amazon.com: The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones: Sir William Jones, the Father of Modern Linguistics: Books: Garland ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European.
		Jones' interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language.
		Works of Sir William Jones (Myth & Romanticism) by William Jones in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
	www.amazon.com /Life-Mind-Oriental-Jones-Linguistics/dp/0521391490 (992 words)

	Sir William Jones 1746-1794: A Commemoration:0199201900:Jones, William; Murray, Alexander; University College ...
		Sir William Jones 1746-1794: A Commemoration:0199201900:Jones, William; Murray, Alexander; University College (University of Oxford):eCampus.com
		Author(s): Jones, William; Murray, Alexander; University College (University of Oxford)
		THOMAS R. The Sanskrit Manuscripts of Sir William Jones in the Bodleian Library
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