The life and mind of Oriental Jones : Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics

Author(s)

• Cannon, Garland Hampton

Bibliographic Information

The life and mind of Oriental Jones : Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics

Garland Cannon

Cambridge University Press, 1990

Other Title

Oriental Jones : a biography of Sir William Jones (1746-1794)

Note

"In 1964 my earlier biography of Jones, Oriental Jones, was published ... [his letters unknown in 1964 and] previously unpublished letters are included in this new biography"--Pref

Bibliography: p. 386-390

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA12132410
• ISBN:
  • 0521391490
• LCCN: 90001580
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 409 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ64.J6
  • DC20 : 950/.07202
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794
  • LCSH : Orientalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Oriental languages -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Asianists -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Sanskritists -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Philologists -- Great Britain -- Biography