Science on the 2nd of February 1786 in history

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02 Feb 1786 The Asiatic Society	science	The Asiatic Society (linguistics) In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.	0

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02 Feb 1786

The Asiatic Society

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The Asiatic Society (linguistics)
In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.

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