Tom Parry Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom Parry Jones

Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1935

Place of Birth: Carreglefn, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2013

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Thomas "Tom" Parry Jones OBE (27 March 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work.
Born and raised on Anglesey, he attended Bangor University and went on to study for his doctorate at University of Alberta, Canada.
Prior to his work on the breathalyser at Lion Laboratories, he was a lecturer at the Royal Military College of Science and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology.
He established the Dr Tom Parry Jones Endowment Fund at Bangor University in 2002.
After selling Lion Laboratories in 2005, he set up PPM Technology and Welsh Dragon Aviation.
A trust was set up in his, and his wife's, names.
The Tom and Raj Jones Trust promotes work by young entrepreneurs.