Edward Davis Jones (October 7, 1856 – February 16, 1920) was a U.S.

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. Jones is best known as the "Jones" in the

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and as a co-founder of ''

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Early life

Edward Davis Jones was born on October 7, 1856 in

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. Jones' parents, reverend John Jones and Clarissa () Jones, were of

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descent. Jones graduated from Worcester Academy and attended

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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 Charles Henry Dow (; November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Dow also co-founded ''The Wall Street Journal'', which has become one of th ...

Dow Jones

The company which is famous for the ''

'', ''

'' was founded by Jones and

in 1882 "in the basement of the

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"; Charles Bergstresser was a silent partner. Jones had met Dow while both had worked as fellow reporters in

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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

* De Boer, Tjitze (1903): ''The History of Philosophy in Islam''.

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 {{US-journalist-19thC-stub