Peter Vaughan Jones

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(born 1942) is a Cambridge graduate with a doctorate on

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. He is a former senior lecturer in

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at the

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, and co-founded with Jeannie Cohen the ''Friends of Classics'' charity. He used to be a teacher but is now employed as a writer,

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and broadcaster. He is the brother of the late

David E. H. Jones David Edward Hugh Jones (20 April 1938 – 19 July 2017) was a British chemist and author, who under the pen name Daedalus was the fictional inventor for DREADCO. Jones' columns as Daedalus were published for 38 years, starting weekly in 1964 in ...

. Spokesman for the national Co-ordinating Committee for Classics, Jones penned the series ''QED'' and ''Eureka'' for the ''

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''. These pieces were subsequently published as ''Learn Latin'' and ''Learn Ancient Greek'' by Duckworth, which has also accounted for his ''Classics in Translation'' (again from the ''Daily Telegraph'') and ''Ancient and Modern'' (from his weekly column in ''

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''). Jones has collaborated for Cambridge on ''Reading Greek'' and ''Reading Latin''. He has published a book called "Vote For Caesar" (2008) about how ancient civilisations have solved the problems of today. Awarded the

in 1983, Jones has written widely on

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Bibliography

Books

* Jones, Peter (1998). ''Learn Ancient Greek''. London: Duckworth & Co. * Jones, Peter (2013). ''Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask''. Atlantic Books. * Jones, Peter (2015). ''Eureka''. Atlantic Books. * Jones, Peter (2016). ''Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language''. Atlantic Books. * Jones, Peter (2018). ''Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death''. Atlantic Books. * Jones, Peter (2019). ''Vox Populi: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World But Were Afraid to Ask''. Atlantic Books. *

Ancient and Modern columns in ''
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Bibliography

Books

Ancient and Modern columns in ''The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...''

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References

Ancient and Modern columns in ''
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