John Jones (academic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Jones (academic)

academic

Date of Birth: 06-May-1924

Place of Birth: Myanmar

Date of Death: 28-Feb-2016

Profession: professor, literary scholar

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Henry John Franklin Jones known as John Jones (May 6, 1924 – February 28, 2016) was an English academic, a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Oxford University's 38th Professor of Poetry (1978-1983).
Jones wrote books on literary topics including Greek tragedy, Wordsworth, Shakespeare and a novel, The Same God (1972). The Same God is described as "idiosyncratic" by literary historian and critic Frank Kermode (1920-2010).