Henry Jones (philosopher)

Sir Henry Jones, CH, FBA (30 November 1852 – 4 February 1922) was a Welsh philosopher and academic.

Henry Jones
Born30 November 1852
Llangernyw (now in Conwy County Borough)
Died4 February 1922
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolBritish idealism
Main interests
Political philosophy

Biography

Jones was born in Llangernyw, now in Conwy County Borough, the son of a shoemaker. After working as an apprentice to his father, he studied at Bangor Normal College and became a teacher at Brynamman. Having decided to enter the Presbyterian ministry, he went to the University of Glasgow on a scholarship. After graduating, he obtained a fellowship, and went on to study at Oxford and in Germany. In 1882 he married a Scotswoman, and later returned to live in Scotland.

He was instrumental in the passing of the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889, and worked for the establishment of the University of Wales and the introduction of a penny rate for education. He was knighted in 1912. He was appointed Companion of Honour in 1922, shortly before his death.[2]

Jones supported philosophical idealism.[3][4]

Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize

The Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize (for moral philosophy), founded in 1934, is awarded annually in October.[5]

Works

See also The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Jones by H J W Hetherington (1925) - further information online as a PDF file from Cardiff University website

gollark: Haskell kind of cool but not something I actually want to write serious code in.
gollark: Python does "dynamic" without "hahahaha stuff can randomly be coerced".
gollark: Instead of just silently doing wrong things.
gollark: It should definitely be a type error, ideally at compile time but JS does not actually have that.
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References
  1. John Anderson (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  2. "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.
  3. Rashdall, H. (1910). Reviewed Work: Idealism as a Practical Creedby Henry Jones. International Journal of Ethics 21 (1): 107-110.
  4. Lindsay, A. D. (1926). The Idealism of Caird and Jones. Journal of Philosophical Studies 1 (2): 171-182.
  5. "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Prizes: Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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