Sir William Jones [Oriental Jones]

(1746-1794)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794 NRA: Jones Sir William (1746-1794) Knight Orientalist and Jurist DNB: Jones, Sir William (1746-1794), orientalist and judge LBT ID: WiJones1794 VIAF ID: 88938323 LOC ID: n79061067	B/BAP: 1746-09-28 DIED: 1794-04-27
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English poet, jurist, and oriental philologist; he published Poems, consisting chiefly of Translations from the Asiatic Languages (1772).