Author:William Jones (1746-1794)
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British philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages
WorksEdit
- A Grammar of the Persian Language (1771)
- Comparison, unknown edition
- Shekesteh, unknown edition
- Poems, Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages (1777)
Anthologized
- The Moallakát in Arabian Poetry for English Readers (1881)
- "A Hymn to Narayena" in Poets of John Company (1921)
TranslationsEdit
- The Speeches of Isaeus in Causes Concerning the Law of Succession at Athens (1779) IA
- "On the Estate of Dicaeogenes" as "In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares" in The World's Famous Orations.
- Sacontala; or, The Fatal Ring, by Kālidāsa, 3rd ed., reprint (1870)
- "A Persian Song" in Poets of John Company (1921)
Works about JonesEdit
- "Jones, (Sir) William," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Jones, William (1746-1794)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Jones, Sir William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.