Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be exp

Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be exp

The first two essays describe Sir William Jones, a brilliant and engaged man of letters who became an authority on the languages, laws, and literatures of many