William Jones

Anglo-welsh philologist and scholar of ancient india (1746-1794).

Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a Welsh philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. He is known for being one of the earliest scholars to assert the kinship of the Indo-European languages, albeit not the first. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784.

Abbreviations: Jones
Occupations: translator, writer, poet, politician, linguist, judge, orientalist, botanist, anthropologist
Citizenships: Kingdom of Great Britain, England
Languages: Italian, Hebrew, English, Sanskrit, French, Arabic
Dates: 1746-09-28T00:00:00Z – 1794-04-27T00:00:00Z
Birth place: London
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 9 plants, 0 fungi

4 plants attributed, 5 plants contributed to9 plants:

Valeriana jatamansi (Nardostachys Jatamansi (jones Ex Roxb.) Dc.) Jones 1795
edible, perennial, and medicinal plant species in the caprifoliaceae family
Valeriana jatamansi, formerly known as Valeriana wallichii, is a rhizome herb of the genus Valeriana and the family Valerianaceae also called Indian Valerian or Tagar-Ganthoda, not to be confused with ganthoda, the root of Indian long pepper. It is an herb useful in Ayurvedic medicine used as an analeptic, antispasmodic, carminative, sedative, stimulant, stomachic, and nervine. The genus Valeriana, with about 200 species, belongs to the family Valerianaceae and has a distribution throughout the world. The Indian Valerian has long been used in Ayurveda (Charak Samhita and Susruta) and Unani
Saivala Jones 1799
plant genus in the hydrocharitaceae family
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Astragalus crotalarioe var. anemophilus Jones
plant variety in the fabaceae family
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Astragalus atratus var. stenophyllus Jones
plant variety in the fabaceae family
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Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Iwarancusa Grass) (Jones ex Roxb.) Schult. 1824
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
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Pandanus leram Jones ex R.Millar 1811
plant species in the pandanaceae family
Pandanus leram is a pandan or screw pine, belonging to the family Pandanaceae. It is native to the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands south of Myanmar, and the southern coasts of Sumatra and western Java, in Indonesia. The tree grows up to 21 m (69 ft) in height (exceeded only by Pandanus julienettei and Pandanus antaresensis, both of New Guinea). The linear leaves are up to 5.5 m (18 ft) long and 12.5 cm (4.9 in) in width (exceeded only by Pandanus laxespicatus). The fruit, termed a "syncardium", (a type of multiple fruit) weighs 14–18 kg (31–40 lb) and be up to thirty inches (76
Cymbopogon iwarancusa ( Iwarancusa Grass) (Jones ex Roxb.) Schult. 1824
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Aulospermum rosei Jones ex J.M.Coult. & Rose 1900
plant species in the apiaceae family
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Andropogon iwarancusa Jones ex Roxb. 1820
plant species in the poaceae family
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