Owen Thomas Jones | |
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| Born | (1878-04-16)16 April 1878 |
| Died | 5 May 1967(1967-05-05) (aged 89)[2] |
| Alma mater | University College, Aberystwyth Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Lyell Medal(1926) Wollaston Medal(1945) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] FGS |
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| Institutions | University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
Owen Thomas Jones,FRS[1] FGS (16 April 1878 – 5 May 1967) was aWelsh geologist.
He was born in Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Jones and Margaret Thomas. He attended the local village school in Trewen before going to Pencader Grammar School in 1893. In 1896 he went up toUniversity College, Aberystwyth, to study physics, graduating in 1900. He then went toTrinity College, Cambridge, and was awarded a B.A. degree in Natural Sciences (geology) in 1902.[1][3]
In 1903 he joined theBritish Geological Survey, working near his home in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. In 1910 he was appointed the first professor of geology in Aberystwyth.[1] In 1913 he became professor of geology at theUniversity of Manchester, and then, in 1930,Woodwardian Professor of Geology at theUniversity of Cambridge (until 1943).[4] He dedicated his working life to the study of Welsh geology.
In 1926 he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society.[1] In 1956 he was awarded theRoyal Medal of theRoyal Society, and on receiving it he was described as 'the most versatile of living British geologists'.[5] The same year he was awarded theWollaston Medal and theLyell Medal of theGeological Society of London. He was twice president of the Geological Society.
He died at the age of 89 having produced more than 140 publications. A year before his death he published a paper describing the Welsh source of thebluestones ofStonehenge (written inWelsh).
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