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Tag: Philology

Happy Birthday Sir William Jones

September 28, 2018 Nancy Charley

William Jones was born on this day, 28 September, in 1746. His father, also William Jones, was a mathematician from Anglesey, but living in Westminster when his son was born. Unfortunately William Jones, the father, died when William Jones, the Read More …

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