F. Burton Jones was raised in Albany, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed his doctoral thesis under the direction of R.L. Moore in 1935. He was a topologist who worked in continua and in abstract spaces, and originated the famous normal Moore space problem. Jones taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina, and the University of California at Riverside. During his career, Jones published over 40 mathematical papers.
From the description of Jones, F. Burton, papers, 1906-1999. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52717554