Jones, Joseph, 1908-1999

American educator.

Joseph Jones (1908-1999) was a professor of English at UT from 1935 to 1975. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1930, earned his MA the next year from Stanford, and finally received his Ph.D. in 1934 from Stanford. He married Johanna Zabel in 1935, and they had three children: David Clifford Jones, Judith Ann Holden, and Susan Sarrett.

Born in Peru, Nebraska, on 29 June 1908, Joseph Jay Jones was the son of Clifford Weldon and Maude (Tubbs) Jones. Jones earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Nebraska in 1930. He then attended Stanford University, where he earned his M.A. in 1931 and Ph.D. in 1934. In 1935 he married Johanna Zabel, with whom he had three children, David Clifford Jones, Judith Ann Holden, and Susan Sarrett. Jones briefly taught at Colorado State College before joining the English faculty at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jones served at the University for forty years. During his tenure, he was actively involved in national, regional, and University organizations. He edited numerous journals and publications and wrote scores of articles and more than fifteen books of criticism and poetry, including his best-known title, Life on Waller Creek . Jones was awarded the Warshaw Award of the Western Humanities Research Association in 1952. He was further honored with a Fulbright Scholarship to New Zealand in 1953, which kindled his interest in world and non-canon literature. Jones fought to bring Commonwealth literature to the fore by writing articles and books, editing volumes, and teaching courses on the subject. He campaigned for the purchase of books representing Commonwealth literature. The Caribbean Plays Collection is his own personal contribution to this project.

Professor Jones retired in 1975, but continued to publish well into the 1980s. He died 12 February 1999, at the age of ninety.

Joseph Jones (1908-1999) was a professor of English at UT from 1935 to 1975.

He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1930, earned his MA the next year from Stanford, and finally received his Ph.D. in 1934 from Stanford. He married Johanna Zabel in 1935, and they had three children: David Clifford Jones, Judith Ann Holden, and Susan Sarrett.