Jones, Sir William

Jones, Sir William
(28 sep. 1746, Londres, Inglaterra–27 abr. 1794, Calcuta).

Orientalista, lingüista y jurista británico. En 1771 dio término a un docto compendio titulado Grammar of the Persian Language [Gramática persa]. Por razones financieras, se dedicó al estudio y ejercicio de la abogacía. En 1782 se publicó su Moallakât, traducción de siete odas árabes famosas. Al año siguiente fue nombrado caballero y enviado a Calcuta, actualmente Kolkata, como juez del Tribunal Supremo. Fundó la Sociedad asiática de Bengala para estimular los estudios asiáticos y publicó obras de gran erudición sobre la ley hindú y musulmana. Su propuesta, formulada en 1786, acerca de la existencia de una fuente común para todas las lenguas desde el celta hasta el sánscrito llevó al reconocimiento de la familia de las lenguas indoeuropeas.

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