Bernard Mouat Jones

Jones was born in Streatham, London on 27 November 1882, the fourth son of Alexander Moat Jones, a wine merchant, and Martha Eleanor (née Brinjes). He attended Queen's College, Streatham and Dulwich College. In 1901 he went up to Balliol College, Oxford where, three years later, he gained a first-class honours degree in chemistry, mineralogy, and crystallography.

Early academic career

Jones worked for a year as research assistant to Professor W R Dunstan at the Imperial Institute, and was then, in 1906, appointed professor of chemistry at Government College, Lahore. In 1913 he returned to England as assistant professor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology.

Later academic career

After the war he returned to academic life, as a chemistry professor at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University), then in 1921 Principal of Manchester Municipal College of Technology. Whilst principal he was elected to Membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 14 December 1926 and was President of the Society 1931–33.

From 1938 to 1948 Jones was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. This included the Second World War, in which he also served in the Home Guard and for six months was in charge of the chemical warfare establishment at Porton Down.