Jones, William, 1871-1909

William Jones was an anthropologist.

From the description of Ojibwa Indian material, [ca. 1903-1905]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578554

William Jones was born on March 28, 1871, on a Sauk and Fox reservation in Kansas. He was educated in Indian schools in Kansas and Indiana, at Hampton Institute and Andover, and received a B.A. from Harvard in 1900. He continued anthropological studies at Columbia, where he received an M.A. in 1901 and a PhD in 1904. Jones conducted field work, in affiliation with the American Museum of Natural History, on Algonquian languages. He was killed by native Filipinos in March 1909, while on an ethnological expedition for the American Museum.

From the description of Ojibwa ethnographic and linguistic field notes, 1903-1905. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523356

From the guide to the Ojibwa ethnographic and linguistic field notes, 1903-1905, 1903-1905, (American Philosophical Society)