John Matthew Jones
British naturalist (1828-1888)
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John Matthew Jones (7 October 1828 – 7 October 1888) was a British lawyer and naturalist.
7 October 1828
John Matthew Jones | |
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| Born | John Matthew Jones 7 October 1828 |
| Died | 7 October 1888 (aged 60) |
| Other names | J.M. Jones |
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Early life
John Matthew Jones was born in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom on 7 October 1828.[1] His father was Rear Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Jones of Fronfraith.[2]
Career
In October 1852, J.M. Jones was appointed to the Royal Montgomeryshire Militia as an ensign under Sir John Conroy, 1st Baronet.[3] Shortly after, he was called to the bar at Middle Temple in London as a barrister-at-law on 6 June 1853.[4]
He moved to America by 1854 before continuing to Bermuda and Nova Scotia, where he investigated native plant life and fish species.[1] John Matthew Jones became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1859.[1] He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5]
Jones authored numerous scientific articles and publications on natural history. In 1859, he published a volume of 200 pages under the title "The Naturalist in Bermuda: A Sketch of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of That Remarkable Group of Islands, Together with Meteorological Observations" in London. The book explored the land animals and plants of Bermuda.[6] He was assisted with the work by Maj. John Walter Wedderburn and John L. Hurdis of Southampton.[7] Collecting in Bermuda for several winters from 1859 to 1876, Jones became the top authority on its natural history.[6] In the early 1860s, he published "Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermudas," edited by George Brown Goode.[8] He and Goode worked to compile complete faunal and floral lists to guide future research in the area.[6]
On 5 January 1863, he was admitted to the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. Elected president of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science on 9 October 1867, he succeeded Philip Carteret Hill. Jones worked alongside vice presidents Dr. John Bernard Gilpin and J.R. DeWolfe and treasurer W.C. Silver. On 4 November 1867, he presented his paper, "Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermudas—Corals and Their Allies."[9]
The 1869 Naturalists' Directory by Frederic Ward Putnam included Jones in both the fish and insects categories.[10]
His work titled "Contributions to the Natural History of Nova Scotia" was published in 1870.[11] Four years later, he released "On the Vegetation of the Bermudas." He wrote "The Visitor's Guide to Bermuda with a Sketch of Its Natural History" around 1876. Jones's work titled "List of the Fishes of Nova Scotia" was published in 1879.[1]
Personal life
Death
John Matthew Jones died at 60 years old on 7 October 1888 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1]
Works
- The Naturalist in Bermuda: A Sketch of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of That Remarkable Group of Islands, Together with Meteorological Observations (1859)
- Contributions to the Ichthyology of Nova Scotia (1863)
- Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermudas (1863–67)
- Contributions to the Natural History of Nova Scotia (1865–67)
- On the Geological Features of the Bermudas (1865)
- On some of the Rarer Birds of Nova Scotia (1868)
- Nova Scotia Coleoptera (1869)
- Notes on the Marine Zoology of Nova Scotia (1870)
- Review of Nova Scotian Diurnal Lepidoptera (1870–71)[14]
- On the Vegetation of the Bermudas (1874)
- The Visitor's Guide to Bermuda with a Sketch of Its Natural History (1876)
- Mollusca of Nova Scotia (1877)[15]
- List of the Fishes of Nova Scotia (1879)[1]
- The Mammals of Bermuda (1884)[5]