Background
Jones, Robert Claude was born on July 20, 1931 in Troup, Texas, United States. Son of Paul David and Frances Marie (Hixon) Jones.
Jones, Robert Claude was born on July 20, 1931 in Troup, Texas, United States. Son of Paul David and Frances Marie (Hixon) Jones.
BJ, University Texas, Austin, 1952. MJ, University Texas, Austin, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in English, University Texas, Austin, 1958.
Instructor English University Colorado, Boulder, 1957—1958. Assistant professor English William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1958—1961. Professor English Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1961—1991.
Retired, 1991; editor The Mid-American Press, Inc., Warrensburg, since 1976. Senior American lecturer in American Literature University Timisoara, Romania, 1982—1983, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1986—1987. President Missouri Association Teachers English, 1983—1984.
Member of Warrensburg Writers Circuit (chair since 1986).
Married Nancy Dale Torrance, June 6, 1953. Children: Susan Louise, Christopher Michael, Amy Robin Weber Jones, Elizabeth Ann Hanley.