Thomas Jones (mathematician)
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 Portrait of Thomas Jones (1756–1807) by D. Gardner | |
| Born | 23 June 1756 Berriew, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Died | 18 July 1807 (aged 51) Edgware Road, London, England |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Awards | First Smith's Prize |
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| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Thomas Postlethwaite John Cranke |
| Notable students | Adam Sedgwick John Hudson |
Thomas Jones (23 June 1756 – 18 July 1807) was Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. He is notable as a mentor of Adam Sedgwick.
Biography
Jones was born at Berriew, Montgomeryshire, in Wales.
On completing his studies at Shrewsbury School, Jones was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge, on 28 May 1774, as a 'pensioner' (i.e. a fee-paying student, as opposed to a scholar or sizar).[1] He was believed to be an illegitimate son of Mr Owen Owen, of Tyncoed, and his housekeeper, who afterwards married a Mr Jones, of Traffin, County Kerry, Thomas then being brought up as his son.[1]
On 27 June 1776, Jones migrated from St John's College to Trinity College. He became a scholar in 1777 and obtained his BA in 1779, winning the First
His academic mentor was John Cranke (1746–1816). His Cambridge tutor was Thomas Postlethwaite.
Notes
- ^ a b "Thomas Jones (JNS774T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
- Dictionary of National Biography, Smith, Elder & Co., 1908–1986, vol. 10, pp. 1055–1056.
- J. Wilkes, Encyclopedia Londinensis, Eds. J. Jones and J. Adlard, 1810–1829, vol. 11, pp. 256–258.
- J.W. Clark and T.M. Hughes, The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge University Press: 1890; vol. 1, pp. 73–75.
- J. Gascoigne, Cambridge in the Age of Enlightenment, 1989, pp. 226–227, p. 232, p. 234, p. 243.
- P. Searby, A History of the University of Cambridge, vol. 3 (1750–1870), ed. C.N.L. Brooke et al., 1997. pp. 309–310.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 30, eds. H. C. G. Matthew and B. Harrison, 2004, p. 645.
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