Marsden Jones

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Marsden Jones
Born(1920-12-20)20 December 1920
Died(1992-06-11)11 June 1992 (age 71)

John Marsden Beaumont Jones (20 December 1920 – 11 June 1992), known as Marsden Jones, was an emeritus professor and the founder and first director of the Center for Arabic Studies at the American University in Cairo.[citation needed]

His special interests were early

sira literature, and he helped publish a series of volumes in Arabic on Leaders of Contemporary Literature in Egypt.[citation needed
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He was the brother-in-law of Sir Philip Jones.[citation needed]