Biography of william jones orientalism and islam
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WILLIAM JONES
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) was a distinguished scholar of Oriental languages and poet. He was born in London and at a young age learned Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and some Chinese.
He was educated at Oxford University where he graduated as an M.A. in 1773. His first publication was Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), a translation of a Persian text by Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi, made on the request of the Danish King Christian VII.
After studying law, he was in 1783 appointed as a judge in the court of Fort William in Calcutta.
Biography of william jones orientalism and islam
In 1784 he founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta and he continued improving and expanding his knowledge of Oriental languages, including Sanskrit (Nadiya Hindu University). His essays cover subjects ranging from Islamic law, literature, music, botany and geography, and he translated several historical and literary texts from several languages.
His work contributed to the European interest in Indian religion and languages, and he c