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2. Weaving Knowledge :Sir William Jones and the Indian Pandits

Rosane Rocher

Part Two

Contributions  , Linguistics, Law , History and Natural Sciences

3. Jones as General Linguist in the Eighteenth Century Context

R.H. Robins

4. The Survival of Sir William Jones in American Jurisprudence

James Oldham

5. William Jones: The Copernicus of History

O.P. Kejariwal

6. The Legacy of Sir William Jones: Natural History, Anthropology and Archaeology

Kenneth A. R. Kennedy

Part Three

Influences: Linguistics and Orientalism

7. The Impact of Jones in German-Speaking Areas

Winfred P. Lehmann

8. The Historiography  of British Orientalism, 1772-1792

David Kopf

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

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About Kevin Brine

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Kevin R. Brine, son of the former TIME magazine journalist Ruth Brine, is an independent scholar, author and artist living in Santa Barbara, California. His published books include Finance in America: An Unfinished Story (2017), co–authored with Mary Poovey; The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies across the Disciplines (2010), co-edited with Elena Ciletti and Henrike Lähneman; Objects of Enquiry: The Life, Contributions and Influences of Sir William Jones (1746-1794) (1994), co-edited with Garland Cannon; and, The Porch of the Caryatids: The Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures of Kevin R. Brine (2006).

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