Background
Jones, Idwal was born on December 8, 1888 in Festiniog, Wales. Son of William Williams and Mary Catherine (Hughes) Jones.
Jones, Idwal was born on December 8, 1888 in Festiniog, Wales. Son of William Williams and Mary Catherine (Hughes) Jones.
Privately educated; student engineering.
Prospector, rancher, California. Teacher, journalist, reviewer, drama critic, San Francisco Examiner. Lived in France and Italy as correspondent.
Editorial writer and columnist, New York American.
Book critic, Life magazine. Translator, writer on folklore, California history, viticulure, mining.
Contributor short stories, articles to magazines, principally American Mercury.
Member British Gipsy Lore Society. Club: The Family (San Francisco).
Married Olive Vere Wolf, 1921.