Author:William Jones

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William Jones (1746–1794)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. A British philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages.

William Jones

Works

• A Grammar of the Persian Language - (1771)
• Poems, Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages - (1777)

Translations

• The Speeches of Isaeus in Causes Concerning the Law of Succession at Athens - (1779)
  • "On the Estate of Dicaeogenes" as "In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares" in The World's Famous Orations.

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• 1. “Legal Prosecutions of Animals,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 17, September 1880

Works about Jones

• “Jones, Sir William” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.