Sir Brynmor Jones (25 September 1903 – 16 July 1989) was the second Vice-Chancellor of the

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. Brynmor Jones was born in North

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and was educated at University College of Wales at Bangor (BSc in Chemistry, 1925) and at St John's College, Cambridge (PhD, 1933). He obtained a number of research fellowships at the Chemistry Department in Cambridge. He gained his first teaching post at the

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in 1931, where he began research into

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. In 1947 he was appointed to a professorial chair in Chemistry at the University College Hull. A year later he was awarded the

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. During his early years at Hull he was made Dean of Science, and later Deputy Principal. When the college achieved full university status in 1954, he became its Pro-Vice-Chancellor. In 1956, on the retirement of John H Nicholson, Jones was appointed Vice-Chancellor. Brynmor Jones oversaw a period of rapid expansion of the University of Hull, with student numbers quadrupling during his time in office. He notably steered the university through a period of significant student unrest over the summer of 1968. In the same year he received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours List. Jones was a driving force behind the expansion of Hull University library, working closely with the university librarian

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. The new library was opened in 1960; later, in 1967, it was named the Brynmor Jones Library in his honour. Jones received a number of honorary degrees. He retired in 1972.Bamford, cited throughout

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*Bamford, T.W. (1978) ''The University of Hull: the First Fifty Years'', Published for the University of Hull by Oxford University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Brynmor 1903 births 1989 deaths Welsh scholars and academics People associated with the University of Hull Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge