http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jones_%28philologist%29
Jones was born at Beaufort Buildings, Westminster; his father (also
named Sir William Jones) was a mathematician. The young William Jones
was a linguistic prodigy, learning Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic and
the basics of Chinese writing at an early age. By the end of his life
he knew thirteen languages thoroughly and another twenty-eight
reasonably well, making him a hyperpolyglot.
Though his father died when he was only three, Jones was still able to
go to Harrow and on to university. He graduated from University
College, Oxford in 1764. Too poor, even with his award, to pay the
fees, he gained a job tutoring seven-year-old Lord Althorp, son of Earl
Spencer and as such an ancestor of Princess Diana.
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