Person Jones; Sir; William (1746 - 1794) Jones William Sir 1746 - 1794 British Male Beaufort Buildings, Westminster, London, England 28 September 1746 Calcutta, India 27 April 1794 Burial: Calcutta, India

Barrister Languages Education: Harrow; BA (1768) MA (1773) Oxford Career: Called to the Bar at Middle Temple (1774); tutor to George John, Lord Althorp (FRS 1780); appointed one of the Commissioners of Bankrupts (1776); Judge of the High Court of Calcutta (1783); established, with Sir Charles Wilkins (FRS 1788) the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784); monument to him erected by the HEIC in St Paul's Cathedral Honours: Kt 1783 Memberships: FRS Copenhagen Youngest child of William Jones FRS (1711) Fellow 30/04/1772 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Garland Cannon, 'Sir William Jones, Sir Joseph Banks, and the Royal Society' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 205-230 A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138 H W Robinson, 'Gleanings from the Library - I. A Note on the Early Minutes' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 92-95 R Singh and F Riess, 'The nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British Scientific community in a social and political context' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 47-64 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 28 Sep 1746 - 27 Apr 1794 NA3534 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/102326800 219bb917-ac23-43bb-9fc9-3b3beb897aa6