Sir William Jones

British philologist and judge in Calcutta whose 1786 address proposed the Indo-European language family.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Declared in 1786 that Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin 'sprung from some common source'.
• Founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784.
• Served as a judge on the supreme court at Calcutta while pursuing philology.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1746 – 1794