Cannon, Garland Hampton, 1924-

The life and mind of Oriental Jones : Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics / Garland Cannon. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. - xix, 409 p. : port. ; 24 cm. - 950/.07202 B .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-390) and index.

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Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.


Oriental languages--Study and teaching--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Orientalists--Biography.--Great Britain
Sanskritists--Biography.--Great Britain
Philologists--Biography.--Great Britain

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