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Emrys Jones (agriculturalist) (1905–1973), professor of drama who had worked aboard vessels in Canada's north, in his youth
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Emrys Jones may refer to: * Emrys Jones (actor) (1915–1972), English actor * Emrys Jones (literary scholar) (1931–2012), English academic * Emrys Jones (geographer) (1920–2006), geographer and urban planner * Emrys Jones (drama professor) When Emrys Jones was appointed professor of Drama at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1944, he is credited with being the first full professor of Drama at any University in the Commonwealth. Jones is also known for rare historic photos he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emrys Jones (actor)
John Emrys Whittaker Jones (22 September 1915 – 10 July 1972) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. After making his stage debut in Donald Wolfit's company in 1937, his film debut came in Powell and Pressburger's ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' in 1942, and he began to develop a career in the British cinema of the 1940s. Due to his boyish looks he would often be cast as young innocents in films such as ''The Wicked Lady'' (1945), ''The Rake's Progress'' (1945), ''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1947), and Powell and Pressburger's ''The Small Back Room'' (1949). When he was relegated to second features in the 1950s he concentrated on his stage career, maturing into an accomplished character actor in the process. The latter half of his career was mostly spent on television in such programmes as '' Softly, Softly'', ''Out of the Unknown'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Z-Cars, Special Branch'', and as 'The Master of the Land of Fiction' in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emrys Jones (literary Scholar)
Emrys Lloyd Jones, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (30 March 1931 – 20 June 2012) was a British literary scholar, who specialised in 16th-century literature and the works of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare. Born in Hoxton, in London's East End of London, East End, on 30 March 1931 to Welsh parents who ran a Convenience store, corner shop, he was Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II, evacuated to Glynneath during the Second World War and attended Neath Grammar School where his classmates included the future medieval historian Peter Lewis (historian), Peter Lewis, arts administrator Roger Howells (arts administrator), Roger Howells and television executive David Nicholas (television executive), David Nicholas. In 1949, he won the three-year Violet Vaughan Morgan scholarship, enabling him to study at Magdalen College, Oxford, after completing his National service, National Service as a clerk in the Royal Artillery. At Oxford, he studied English under C. S. Lew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emrys Jones (geographer)
Emrys Jones, FBA, FRGS ( – ) was a Welsh Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics and a renowned author and consultant in the fields of geography and urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Emrys Academics of the London School of Economics Academics of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of Aberystwyth University Bards of the Gorsedd Welsh conscientious objectors Welsh urban planners Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People from Aberdare Welsh geographers Welsh pacifists Victoria Medal recipients 1920 births 2006 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |