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Orientalist Jones : Sir William Jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794 /

A 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franklin, Michael J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Jones, William, > 1746-1794.
Jones, William, > 1746-1794
Jones, William.
Jones, William > Sir, > 1746-1794 > Biography.
Asianists > Great Britain > Biography.
Indologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Sanskritists > Great Britain > Biography.
Spécialistes en études asiatiques > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Indianistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Sanscritistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Asianists
Indologists
Sanskritists
Great Britain
Orientalism > 18th century.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-373) and index.
ISBN:9780191617324
0191617326
6613352276
9786613352279