Orientalist Jones : Sir William Jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794
Franklin, Michael J., 1949-2011
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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.
Main title:
Orientalist Jones : Sir William Jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794 / Michael J. Franklin.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Collation:
xii, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199532001 (hbk)
Dewey class:
954.007202954.0072
Language:
English
BRN:
1401544