Philip James Jones, FBA, FRHistS (19 November 1921 – 26 March 2006) was a British medieval historian, known for his work on medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Biography
Born in London, Jones was educated at St Dunstan's College and Wadham College, Oxford, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he completed a DPhil under the supervision of Cecilia Ady.
He was assistant lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 1949 to 1950, lecturer at the University of Leeds from 1950 to 1961, reader at Leeds from 1961 to 1963, and fellow and tutor at Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1963 until his retirement.
Jones married Carla Marianna Rosalia Susini (died 2004), whom he had met in Italy, in 1954. They had a son and a daughter.
Honours
Jones was elected to the British Academy in 1984 and received its Serena Medal for Italian studies in 1988.
References
- Coleman, Edward (7 January 2010). "Jones, Philip James (1921–2006)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Dean, Trevor (3 May 2006). "Philip Jones". The Independent.
- "Jones, Philip James", Who's Who, 1 December 2007.
- 1921 births
- 2006 deaths
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of the University of Leeds
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- British Army personnel of World War II
- British economic historians
- British medievalists
- Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- Historians of Italy
- Historians of the Renaissance
- People educated at St Dunstan's College
- People from Peckham