Francis Jack Needham dit Jack Francis Needham, né le à Saint-Hélier (Jersey) et mort le , est un officier et explorateur britannique.
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Fils de Francis Henry Needham et de Fanny Amelia Hubbard, entré dans l'armée en 1867, Jack Francis Needham exerce comme officier de la police du Bengale dès 1876 et devient agent diplomatique dans l'Assam en 1882.
1886 : Outline Grammar of the Shaíyâng Miri Language, as Spoken by the Miris of that Clan Residing in the Neighbourhood of Sadiya: With Illustrative Sentences, Phrase-book and Vocabulary, Shillong, Assam Secretariat Press.
1888 : Journey Along the Lohit Brahmaputra, Between Sadiya in Upper Assam and Rima in South-Eastern Tibet, Londres, J. Murray.
1889 : Outline Grammar of the Singpho Language, as Spoken by the Singphos, Dowanniyas, and Others, Residing in the Neighbourhood of Sadiya, with Illustrative Sentences, Phrasebook, and Vocabulary, Shillong, Assam Secretariat Press.
1894 : Outline Grammar of the Tai (Khâmtî) Language: As Spoken by the Khâmtîs Residing in the Neighbourhood of Sadiya, with Illustrative Sentences, Phrase-book and Vocabulary, Rangoon, Superintendent of Government Printing.
↑Jules Rouch, Époque contemporaine, tome IV de Histoire Universelle des Explorations publiée sous la direction de L.-H. Parias, Paris, Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1957, p. 125
↑Manilal Bose, History of Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi, Concept, 1997, p. 79.