Sir William Jones, 18th century philologist, orientalist and jurist, c1819. Artist: Holl

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Sir William Jones, 18th century philologist, orientalist and jurist, c1819. Jones (1746-1794) studied ancient India and is particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.

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