Jones, G. I., 1904-1995

LC control no.	n 83176415
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Personal name heading	Jones, G. I., 1904-1995 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jones, Gwilym Iwan, 1904-1995
Associated country	Great Britain England Nigeria
Associated place	Chile
Birth date	1904-05-03
Death date	1995-01-25
Place of birth	Cape Town (South Africa)
Affiliation	University of Cambridge. Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology Jesus College (University of Cambridge) University of Oxford
Profession or occupation	Ethnologists Colonial administrators Anthropology teachers Historians
Found in	Author's The art of Eastern Nigeria, 1984: CIP t.p. (G.I. Jones) data sheet (b. 5/3/04) His Annual reports of Bende Division, South Eastern Nigeria, 1986: t.p. (G.I. Jones) Brit CIP (Jones, G.I. (Gwilym Iwan)) Ottenberg, Simon, African arts 28 (3) 1995 : p. 21 (G. I. Jones, 1904-1995; Gwilym Iwan Jones died on Jan 25, 1995; legacy of writings about art in eastern Nigeria; interested in ethnology, art, and history; born in Cape Town of a Welsh father and English mother; lived in Chile as a youth, and most of his life in England and Nigeria; degree in history at Oxford University; colonial officer 1926-1946, mostly in eastern Nigeria, where he took a keen interest in cultures of the Igbo, Ibibio, Efik and other peoples, and took many photographs; upon return to England he became a lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University; became a Fellow of Jesus College in 1962; remained at the University until retiring in 1971; perhaps best known for The Art of Eastern Nigeria (1984); also wrote historical studies on trading in the Niger Delta (1963) and eastern Nigerian local histories (1988)) Northwestern University Archives, Polly Hill Papers, viewed July 13, 2023 (correspondence, 18 June 1985, from G. I. Jones to Polly Humphreys; letterhead: Faculty of Archaeology & Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge)
Associated language	eng
Invalid LCCN	n 86069261