Year: | 1786, February 2 | ||
Short description: | Jones' Third Anniversary Discourse to the Bengal Asiatic Society | ||
Medium description: | Sir William Jones' Third Anniversary Discourse to the Bengal Asiatic Society Suggested that the similarities between Greek, Latin & Sanskrit were due to their having a common ancestor and that Celtic and Germanic languages might also be related to the same group. Served as Supreme Court Justice in India. "[Jones was a]British poet, linguist and professional jurist"(Dwight) | ||
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