Eustace Wilkinson Jones

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Eustace Wilkinson Jones
Born(1909-06-06)6 June 1909
Walsall
Died21 August 1929(1929-08-21) (aged 76)
Oxford
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Scientific career
FieldsBryology
Author abbrev. (botany)E.W.Jones[1]

Eustace Wilkinson Jones (6 June 1909 – 21 August 1992) was a

hepatics is widely recognized for its accuracy and attention to detail. His contributions to bryology were made in his leisure hours since he spent most of his career teaching and conducting research on forestry
. It was only after he retired that he could devote himself entirely to bryology.

Life and career

Born in

editor for the scientific journal Forestry from 1970 to 1978.[3]

Jones' interest in

hepatics and collected and studied them during his work in forestry. Eustace's work on African bryophytes began in 1947–48 when he joined the second Cambridge University Expedition to Nigeria. Later on, he made several visits to West and East tropical Africa as part of his forestry work.[2]

Jones' meticulous observations and extensive

fieldwork led to numerous papers on British and African bryophytes. His "Bryophyte Flora of Berkshire and Oxfordshire" and "The changing bryophyte flora of Oxfordshire" are notable contributions. Eustace's passion for plant ecology and physiology informed his bryology work and forestry research. He was an excellent lecturer and tutor, and his study tours were popular with students. His publications are notable for their clear language and lack of jargon.[2]

Jones retired from his post at Oxford in protest at the university's decision to discontinue undergraduate teaching in forestry. His legacy in bryology is cemented by his attention to detail and commitment to fieldwork, which led to significant contributions to the understanding of British and African bryophytes.[2] The majority of his collections are now held at the Fielding-Druce Herbarium in Oxford.[3]

Recognition

Eustace Jones is commemorated by two mosses,

hepatics, Lopholejeunea jonesii Vanden Berghen and Radula jonesii Dirkse & Yamada.[2]

Selected publications

Jones' complete corpus of scientific publications is listed in his 1993 obituary by Paul Richards. Some of his works include:

  • Jones, E. W. (1945). "The structure and reproduction of the virgin forest of the North Temperate Zone". New Phytol. 44 (2): 13–48.
    doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1945.tb05026.x
    .
  • Jones, E. W. (1985). "Bryophytes of forest and savanna in northern Nigeria". Cryptogamie Bryol. Lichenol. 6: 259–277.
  • Jones, E. W.; Harrington (1983). "The hepatics of Sierra Leone and Ghana". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. 11 (3): 215–289.
The standard author abbreviation E.W.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jones, Eustace Wilkinson (1909-1992)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1179/jbr.1993.17.4.689
    .
  3. ^ a b c d "Jones, Eustace Wilkinson (1909-1992)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  E.W.Jones.
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