Question

who was william jones when did he arrived india​

Answer 1

Sir William Jones FRS FRSE (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indian languages, which would later be known as Indo-European.

William Jones

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A steel engraving of Sir William Jones, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal

In office

22 October 1783[1][full citation needed] – 27 April 1794[2][full citation needed]

Personal details

Born

September 28, 1746

Westminster, London

Died

April 27, 1794 (aged 47)

Calcutta

Answer 2

Sir William Jones FRS FRSE (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indian languages.

He Arrived in India from 1783 to 1794, as judge of the Bengal Supreme court.

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