Sir William Jones, 1746-94

Sir William Jones, 1746-94
Author: William Jones
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2006
Genre: Asianists
ISBN: 1584776889

This volume publishes the results of the "Jones Day" conference, a meeting of scholars at his alma mater (University College, Oxford) on the bicentennial of his death. Contents: Sir William Jones as Comparative Lawyer, David Ibetson; Sir William Jones and the Classical Tradition, Richard Fynes; Sir William Jones as an Arabist, Alan Jones. Lives of Sir William Jones, Thomas R. Trautmann; Sanskrit Manuscripts of Sir William Jones in the Bodleian Library, Gillian Evison; Sir William Jones, University College, and Its Portraits, Peter Bayley.

'Orientalist Jones'

'Orientalist Jones'
Author: Michael J. Franklin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199532001

A major new critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudice, reshaping Western perceptions of India and the Orient.

Sir William Jones

Sir William Jones
Author: Michael J. Franklin
Publisher: Sports and Fitness Series
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1995
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This edition provides a representative selection of the key works of Sir William Jones (1746-94), one of the foremost Orientalists and intellectual pioneers of his generation. The range of his interests and accomplishments was diverse and this volume provides convenient and reliable points of access to Jones's remarkable work which extended to 13 volumes in the collected edition of 1807 (recently reprinted by Curzon/New York University).

Objects of Enquiry

Objects of Enquiry
Author: Garland Cannon
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1995-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814715178

The first two essays describe Sir William Jones, a brilliant and engaged man of letters who became an authority on the languages, laws, and literatures of many of the major world civilizations. The next four essays describe Jones's contributions to linguistics, jurisprudence, history, natural science, and other fields. The last two essays address Jones's impact in German- speaking areas and his place in the history of British Orientalism. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Works of Sir William Jones

The Works of Sir William Jones
Author: William Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2013-03-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108055737

The complete thirteen-volume works, with memoir, of the orientalist and poet Sir William Jones (1746-94), first published in 1807.

Oriental Jones

Oriental Jones
Author: Garland Hampton Cannon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1964
Genre: India
ISBN:

Asiatic Jones

Asiatic Jones
Author: Arthur John Arberry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1946
Genre: Indologists
ISBN: