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William Jones (philologist)
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British scholar and judge (1746โ€“1794)
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Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 โ€“ 27 April 1794) was a Welsh scholar and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. As part of his...

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