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'''Russell Jones''' (14 April 1926 – |
'''Russell Jones''' (14 April 1926 – 6 June 2019<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13639811.2020.1725328 Obituary: Russell Jones (1926–2019)], ''Indonesia and the Malay World'', Volume 48, 2020, Issue 140, pp. 136-143. Retrieved 14 November 2022.</ref>) was a British [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] who had researched [[Ethnic Malays|Malay]] and Indonesian languages and culture in the broad sense. He is a noted scholar of pre-modern Malay literature,<ref>e.g. ''Hikayat Raja Pasai'', Kuala Lumpur: Yayasan Karyawan, 1999.</ref> particularly when it comes to relating the texts to the manuscripts. His other interests include foreign influences on Malay and Indonesian, the Chinese in the Nanyang, and the history of papermaking. His research was focused on the paper and watermarks of Malay manuscripts. |
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |