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Authorised form of name	Jones; Sir; Ewart Ray Herbert (1911 - 2002)
Dates	1911 - 2002
Place of birth	Wrexham, Denbighshire
Date of birth	16/03/1911
Date of death	07/05/2002
Activity	Education: Grove Park School, Wrexham; University College of North Wales at Bangor; University of Manchester Career: Lecturer at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1938); during WW2 trained gas officers; Reader (1945) and Assistant Professor at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; Head of Organic Chemistry Department and Professor of Chemistry at University of Manchester (1947 - 1955); Head of Organic Chemistry Department and Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at University of Oxford, fellow of Magdalen College (1955 - 1978); gave name to 'Jones Oxidation' - chronic acid oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones in acetone; member of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - chairman of research grants committee; member of Science Research Council (1965 - 1969) - chair of Science and Technology Board, member Science Board (1969-1972); Chairman of the Chemical Society/Royal Institute of Chemistry Amalgamation Committee (1975 - 1980); presented with award for service to the Chemical Society; awarded Meldola Medal by Royal Insititute of Chemistry; awarded Fritzsche Award by American Chemical Society; Chairman of the Anchor and Guardian Housing Associations Memberships: President of Chemical Society (1964 - 1966) President of Royal Institute of Chemistry (1970 - 1971) President of Royal Society of Chemistry (1980 - 1982) Honours: Kt 1963
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	16/03/1950
Age at election	39
RSActivity	Royal Society roles: Council: 1969-1971 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1966
Relationships	Married (1937) Frances Copp
Source	Obituary in the Daily Telegraph (15/05/2002) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 263-282, plate, by J H Jones
Code	NA4219

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
GLB/23/6	Sir Ewart Jones, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford to Brown	10 November 1966
GLB/19/1/39	E R H Jones, Davenant Road, Oxford to Brown	3 February 1960
GLB/23/4	Sir Ewart Jones, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford to Brown	19 January 1965
EC/1950/14	Jones, Sir Ewart Ray Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
GLB/65/56/39	Ewart Jones, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford to Brown	15 November 1966
GLB/23/3	Sir Ewart Jones, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford to Brown	20 January 1964
GLB/23/5	Sir Ewart Jones, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford to Brown	17 October 1966
IM/GA/Russell/3916	Jones, Sir Ewart Ray Herbert	nd

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