The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones

This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics.

"This is a delightful yet also definitive biography of a polyglot, a barrister, a legal mind, a philologist, and a linguist, labelled by Cannon (and everyone else, for that matter) as 'the father of modern linguistics'...well-written, entirely new...No one knows more about Jones than Cannon, who has displayed his breathtaking knowledge in full in this exciting story...Cannon's literary triumph is equally matched by Jones's linguistic achievements." World "This is a fine biography. Cannon has worked remarkably and not only on paper." Anthony Burgess, London Observer "...if Cannon is not George Trevelyan to Lord Macaulay, he is a valuable bibliographical guide to Jones' life and letters." Benjamin E. Wallacker, Journal of Asian History