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William Jones was born in London; his father William Jones (1675–1749) was a mathematician from Anglesey in Wales, noted for introducing the use of the symbol π.The young William Jones was a linguistic prodigy, who in addition to his native languages English and Welsh, [4] learned Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and the basics of Chinese writing at an early age. [5]
William James in Brazil, 1865. William James was born at the Astor House in New York City on January 11, 1842. He was the son of Henry James Sr., a noted and independently wealthy Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James.It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1901 and 1902.
William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe; W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer; Wil Jones (artist) (William Richard Jones, 1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter; William James Jones (born 1975), American actor
William James Jones (1876 – 6 May 1918) was a Welsh international footballer who played his club football for Kettering and West Ham United of the Southern League. He was killed in action in Macedonia in the First World War.
William Jones (1871–1909) was a Native American anthropologist of the Fox nation. Alternate name: Megasiáwa ( Black Eagle ). Jones was born in Indian Territory (an area that is now part of Oklahoma ) on March 28, 1871. [ 1 ]
Born in Cambridge, New York, William Jones was ordained a priest for the Augustinian order on March 15, 1890. [2] On January 12, 1907, Pope Pius X appointed him as the Bishop of Puerto Rico. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Giuseppe Aversa, the Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, on February 24, 1907.
James Fisher (Acting) United States Secretary of the Treasury; Acting ... William Jones (1760 – September 6, 1831) was an American politician. Early career.