Philip James Jones, FBA, FRHistS (19 November 1921 – 26 March 2006) was a British medieval historian, known for his work on medieval and Renaissance Italy.

Biography

Born in London, Jones was educated at St Dunstan's College and

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, and

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, where he completed a

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under the supervision of Cecilia Ady. He was assistant lecturer at the

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from 1949 to 1950, lecturer at the

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from 1950 to 1961, reader at Leeds from 1961 to 1963, and fellow and tutor at

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from 1963 until his retirement. Jones married Carla Marianna Rosalia Susini (died 2004), whom he had met in Italy, in 1954. They had a son and a daughter.

Honours

Jones was elected to the

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in 1984 and received its Serena Medal for Italian studies in 1988.

References

* Trevor Dean. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/philip-jones-6101989.html * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-22447 *https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-97198 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Philip 1921 births 2006 deaths British medievalists Historians of Italy People educated at St Dunstan's College Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford People from Peckham Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Academics of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of Leeds Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford British economic historians Historians of the Renaissance British Army personnel of World War II