Edward George Jones

Background

Jones, Edward George was born on March 26, 1939 in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Frank Ian and Theresa Agnes (Riordan) Jones. came to the United States, 1972.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1968.

Career

They formed an informal practice in the mid sixties, which Peter Cook referred to as "The Grunt Group" to promote the modernist agenda. He has been professor of architecture in Europe and North America including University College Dublin Dublin, Royal College of Art, the Architectural Association, and Universities of Toronto, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Rice. He was in private practice from 1973 to 1989 in London and in Toronto, Canada.

In 1989 he co-founded the architectural practice Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones with Jeremy Dixon, called Dixon Jones since 2003.

In 1973 the pair came to the attention of the national press when their "Great Pyramid" competition winning scheme for Northamptonshire County Hall was exhibited in London. In 2000, The Observer listed two of his practice"s London buildings in the Top 10 Buildings of the Year: the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Opera House.

From 2002 to 2010 he was honorary professor at University of Cardiff. In 2001 he received an Honorary Doctorate from University of Portsmouth, and an Honorary Fellowship from University of Cardiff, and in December 2010 he received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to architecture.

Mississauga Civic Centre, Canada (1987)

Darwin College Study Centre, Cambridge University (1993)

National Portrait Gallery, London (2000)

Royal Opera House, London (1999)

Somerset House Masterplan, London (2001)

Saïd Business School, Oxford (2001)

Villa Jones, France (2005)

Kings Place, London (2008)

Exhibition Road Masterplan (2011).

Achievements

• Edward George Jones has been listed as a noteworthy department chairman, professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Thalamus

    (It is now more than fifty years since Sir Wilfrid Le Gros...)

  • The thalamus and basal telencephalon of the cat: A cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic Coordinates by Alvin L. Berman Edward G. Jones (1982-01-01) Hardcover

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Cerebral Cortex: Volume 1: Cellular Components of the Cerebral Cortex
  • The Thalamus 2 Volume Hardback Set by Edward G. Jones (2007-03-05)
  • The thalamus and basal telencephalon of the cat: A cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic Coordinates
  • The Thalamus by Edward G. Jones (2012-11-16)

Membership

Member President's Advisory Board California State University, Long Beach, 1986-1990. Member Society for Neurosci. (committee chair 1978-1981, 88-89, president-elect 1997-1998), American Association Anatomists (Cajal medal 1989), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Anatomical Society Great Britain and Ireland (Symington Memorial prize 1968).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, carpentry.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Suzanne Oldham, April 27, 1963. Children: Philippa Emilie, Christopher Edward.

Father:

Frank Ian Jones

Mother:

Theresa Agnes (Riordan) Jones

Spouse:

Elizabeth Suzanne Oldham

child:

Christopher Edward Jones

child:

Philippa Emilie Jones