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'Orientalist Jones': Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794
'Orientalist Jones' Sir William Jones Poet Lawyer and Linguist 17461794
Author: Michael J. Franklin
Sir William Jones (1746-94) was the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time. He re-drew the map of European thought. 'Orientalist' Jones was an extraordinary man and an intensely colourful figure. At the age of twenty-six, Jones was elected to Dr Johnson's Literary Club, on terms of inti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199532001
ISBN-10: 0199532001
Publication Date: 10/25/2011
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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