Orientalist, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, was called to the bar (1774), became a judge in the Supreme Court in Bengal (1783), and was knighted. He devoted himself to Sanskrit, whose resemblance to Latin and Greek he pointed out in 1787, thus motivating the era of comparative philology.
William Jones is a common name, especially in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals of this name, including:
Academics and authors
William Jones (historian) (1860–1932) Sir William Jones (mathematician) (~1675–1749), father of Sir William Jones (philologist) Sir William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794) son of Sir William
Jones (mathematician) William Jones (journalist) (Pulitzer Prize winner) William Jones (translator) (1746–1794) William Ellis Jones (author) (1795–1848) William Lewis Jones (author) (1866–1922)
Military figures
William Jones (MOH) (b. 1831), recipient of Medal of Honor William Jones (MOH 1864) (1835-1864), recipient of Medal of Honor William Jones (Union) (d. Jones (1842-1911), recipient of Medal
of Honor William Jones (VC), the recipient of the Victoria Cross
Political figures
United Kingdom
William Jones (Great Britain statesman), Attorney General for England and Wales during the 17th century William Jones (Chartist) (19th century)
United States
William Jones (judge) (1566–1640) William Jones (Lt. Governor) (1624–1706) William Jones (governor), governor of Rhode Island William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States
Secretary of the Navy and US Representative from Pennsylvania William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918), US Representative from Virginia William Carey Jones (1855-1927), US Representative from
Washington William Owen Jones (Nonconformist leader) (1861–1937) William Theophilus Jones (1842-1882), American judge and politician William W.
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