Henry jones cause of death
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JONES, Sir HENRY (1852 - 1922), philosopher
Name: Henry Jones
Date of birth: 1852
Date of death: 1922
Spouse: Annie Jones (née Walker)
Child: Elias Henry Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: philosopher
Area of activity: Scholarship and Languages
Author: Daniel Davies
Born at Llangernyw, Denbighshire 30 November 1852, the son of a shoemaker. Apprenticed to his father at 12 years of age, he had an arduous struggle for education, but later qualified as certificated teacher at Bangor Normal College and for two years was master of an elementary school at Brynaman, Glamorganshire. He then decided to enter the Calvinistic Methodist ministry, won a Dr. Williams scholarship, and, in 1875, entered Glasgow University, where Edward Caird had a dominating influence on his thought and career. Graduating in 1878, he won the Clark fellowship, which gave him four years at Oxford and in Germany. In 1882 he married Annie Walker, of Kilbirnie.
Appointed lecturer in philosophy at Aberystwyth in 1882, he became professor at Bangor in 1884, at S. Andrews in 1891, and at Glasg
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A few years ago I was living a life of blissful retirement in the south-east of France when I became interested in my family history. I had accompanied my wife to France so she could improve her French. This part of the country – the Department of Languedoc-Roussillon – is the land of bullfighting, rugby and robust red wines. Vineyards dominate the landscape and, on the coast, white sandy beaches abound.
With plenty of time on my hands, and ignoring advice that family history research can be both addictive and consuming, I embarked on my road of discovery. Five years have passed and that journey has presented fascinating and surprising outcomes, particularly concerning many of my Tasmanian ancestors.
This story concerns just one.
Henry Jones, my great grandfather, was honoured with a knighthood by King George V in the New Year’s honours list of 1919. The citation read, “An architect of his own fortunes and his ability and enterprise had a giant influence upon the progress of Hobart and the state of Tasmania.”
Historical records of the time indicate Sir Henry’s entrepreneurial
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Henry Jones (writer)
Henry Jones | |
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Portrait of Cavendish | |
| Born | (1831-11-02)2 November 1831 Soho, London, England |
| Died | 10 February 1899(1899-02-10) (aged 67) Paddington, London, England |
| Pen name | Cavendish |
| Occupation | Writer on whist and other games, physician |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | From 1857 as writer |
| Spouse | Harriet |
Henry Jones (2 November 1831 – 10 February 1899) was an English writer under the name "Cavendish", an authority on whist and other card games, tennis and other lawn games.[1]
Biography
Henry Jones was born in London, the eldest son of surgeon Henry Derviche Jones. He attended King's College School, Wimbledon from 1842 to 1848, and entered St Bartholomew's Hospital as a student during the 1849/50 session.[2] His signature can be seen in the hospital's archives in the student signature book (a book that students signed when they began their studies) for the 1849/50 and 1850/1 sessions, where his address is given as 23 Soho Square.
Jones qualified MRCS (Member of the Royal College of Surgeo
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