William Jones – Biographical information from the WeGA

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A steel engraving of Sir William Jones, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Source: Wikimedia)

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Basic data

September 28, 1746 in London
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April 27, 1794 in Kalkutta
Indologe, Jurist, Übersetzer, Schriftsteller
Bengal (Kalkutta)

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Tomb of William Jones in South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata. (Source: Wikimedia)

Bildnis (Sir) William Jones, John Sewell - 1787 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis (Sir) William Jones, Emsley, P. - (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Jones, Sir William, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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Biographical information from the WeGA

Ab 1783 am Obersten Gericht in Bengal (Kalkutta); Weber benutzte für seine Oper Oberon eine Veröffentlichung von ihm: Über die Musik der Indier, Erfurt 1802.

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Complete Works of Carl Maria von Weber. Digital Edition, https://weber-gesamtausgabe.de/A008310 (Version 4.13.0 of November 17, 2025)
Last change of this document on December 20, 2017

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Jones, William