# William Jones

- id: william-jones
- dates: 1746–1794
- roles: translator, scholar

Judge of the Calcutta supreme court and founder of the Asiatic Society, who learned Sanskrit from Bengal's pandits and died the year his Manu appeared.

## Crossings

- 1794: Manusmriti into English (translator) [attested]

## Sources

- Garland Cannon (1990). The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones.
- William Jones (1794). Institutes of Hindu Law: or, the Ordinances of Menu.