Edward Davis Jones (October 7, 1856 – February 16, 1920) was a
U.S. statistician
A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors.
It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...
and
journalist. Jones is best known as the "Jones" in the
Dow Jones Industrial Average and as a co-founder of ''
The Wall Street Journal.''
Early life
Edward Davis Jones was born on October 7, 1856 in
Worcester, Massachusetts. Jones' parents, reverend John Jones and Clarissa () Jones, were of
Welsh descent. Jones graduated from
Worcester Academy and attended
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
before dropping out in his junior year. After leaving Brown, Jones worked as a reporter for the ''Providence Morning Star'' and ''Evening Press'', where he met
Charles Dow.
Dow Jones
The company which is famous for the ''
Dow Jones Industrial Average'', ''
The Wall Street Journal'' was founded by Jones and
Charles Dow in 1882 "in the basement of the
New York Stock Exchange";
Charles Bergstresser was a silent partner.
Jones had met Dow while both had worked as fellow reporters in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Family
Edward Jones' parents were John D. E. & Clarissa Ann (Day) Jones. He and his wife Janet had one child, "a son named Arthur Conklin Jones (1884–1941)."
Translations
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References
External links
Why not Jones Dow, and going beyond the Dow Dozen: LATimes
1856 births
1920 deaths
American businesspeople
American people of Welsh descent
American statisticians
Dow Jones & Company
Worcester Academy alumni
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