Correct Answer - Option 3 : William Jones
The correct answer is William Jones.
- Sir William Jones (an Anglo philologist) created the Asiatic Society to promote oriental research and studies in India.
- The Asiatic Society publishes books in different series, viz.,
- Bibliotheca Indica,
- Monograph,
- Seminar & Public Lecture,
- Catalogues
- Bibliographical Works besides some books under Miscellaneous publications.
- Moreover, it publishes periodicals, i.e. a quarterly Journal of the Asiatic Society and Monthly Bulletin of the Asiatic Society.
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James Prinsep bought the first issue of the journal, The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, which appeared in March 1832.
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David Hare:
- In 1817, David Hare, who had come out to India in 1800 as a watchmaker.
- He spent his entire life in the promotion of modern education in the country, founded the famous Hindu College.
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Rammohun Roy gave most enthusiastic assistance to Hare in this and his other educational projects.
- In addition, he maintained at his own cost an English school in Calcutta from 1817.
- In this school, among other subjects, mechanics and the philosophy of Voltaire were taught.
