Idris Jones (chemist)
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Walter Idris Jones CBE (18 January 1900 – 5 July 1971) was a Welsh industrial chemist and international rugby union player. He captained the Wales national rugby union team on one occasion in 1925. Jones played his club rugby for Llanelli RFC.
Private life and education
Jones was born in
Jones won a scholarship to the
Idris Jones died in Llandaff on 5 July 1971 and was unmarried.[1]
Rugby union
Jones captained Aberystwyth University Rugby Club (1919–1922) and played for Cambridge University (1923–1925). He played for London Welsh and Llanelli and for the Barbarians invitation team.[1] He made four appearances for Wales in 1924 and 1925, scoring one try,[2] and was captain in the Ireland v Wales match in Belfast on 14 March 1925.[3]
Career
In 1926, Jones joined the research staff of
On the nationalisation of the British coal industry in 1946, Jones was invited to set up and lead the scientific service, becoming Director General of Research Development (Coal Processing and Combustion) at the National Coal Board.[4]
He retired from the National Coal Board in 1963, due to ill health. In retirement he was a part-time member of the
Honours
- Fellow of the Chemical Society[1]
- Fellow of the Institute of Fuel[4]
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry[1]
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts[1]
- CBE (1954)[1]
- Hon. DSc, University of Wales (1957)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j James, Mary Auronwy (7 June 2012). "Jones, Walter Idris (1900-1971), Director General of Research Development for the National Coal Board (NCB)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Idris Jones Wales". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Five Nations – Belfast, 14 March 1925". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1930-7.