Edward Jones
Encyclopedia
Edward, Eddie, or Ed Jones is the name of:
Finance
Music
Sport
Politics
Science
Architecture
Religion
Military
Arts
Miscellaneous
Finance
- Edward Jones (statistician)Edward Jones (statistician)Edward Davis Jones was a U.S. statistician, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.A graduate of Worcester Academy in Worcester, MA, he co-founded the Dow Jones & Company in 1882 along with Charles Dow and Charles Bergstresser.He was not associated with Edward Jones...
(1856–1920), co-founder of Dow Jones & Company - Edward D. JonesEdward D. JonesEdward D. Jones, Sr. was an investment banker born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1913, then from New York University in 1916....
(1893–1982), investment banker- Edward Jones InvestmentsEdward Jones InvestmentsEdward D. Jones & Co., L.P., since 1995 simplified as Edward Jones is a financial services firm headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri which serves investment clients in the United States and Canada, through its branch network of more than 12,000 locations. The firm focuses solely on individual...
, company founded by Edward D. Jones
- Edward Jones Investments
- Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1925–1990), investment banker's son
Music
- Eddie "California" Jones, singer with The Emersons (vocal group)Emersons (vocal group)The Emersons, originally The Demens, were a mid-20th-century American doo-wop vocal group.The original members, Jimmy Caines , brothers Thomas Cook and Frankie Cook , Tommy Outlaw , and Outlaw's cousin Douggy Williams , formed in 1957 in Manhattan and began singing on street corners around 61st...
- Eddie Jones (jazz musician)Eddie Jones (jazz musician)Eddie Jones was an American jazz double bassist.Jones grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. Jones taught music in South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, and became a member of Count Basie's orchestra in 1953, remaining there until 1962...
, American bassist - Edward Elwyn JonesEdward Elwyn JonesEdward Elwyn Jones is a Welsh conductor and organist.-Life and work:Jones studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Organ Scholar of Emmanuel College. He was also the conductor of three university orchestras...
(born 1977), Welsh conductor and organist - Edward Jones (harpist)Edward Jones (harpist)Edward Jones was a Welsh harpist, bard, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music. He was commonly known by the bardic name of "Bardd y Brenin", which he took in 1820, when King George IV, his patron, came to the throne....
(1752–1824), Welsh harpist and author - Guitar SlimGuitar SlimEddie Jones , better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song, produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records, "The Things That I Used to Do"...
, aka Eddie Jones, American guitarist
Sport
- Ed Jones (American football)Ed Jones (American football)Ed Lee "Too Tall" Jones is a retired American football player in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. By the end of his 15 years with the Cowboys, he was officially credited with 57 quarterback sacks. Unofficially, his career sack total is 106...
, American former football player; aka "Too Tall" Jones - Ed Jones (defensive back)Ed Jones (defensive back)Ed Jones is a former defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League from 1976-1984. He won five Grey Cups for the Eskimos and was a CFL All-Star from 1979-1981. Ed Jones is now a coach for Edmontons minor football team the chargers...
, American former Canadian football player - Eddie Jones (American football)Eddie Jones (American football)Eddie Lewis Jones, Jr. is an American football linebacker for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Texas....
, defensive lineman at the University of Texas - Eddie Jones (basketball)Eddie Jones (basketball)Eddie Charles Jones is an American former professional basketball player. Jones played college basketball at Temple University and was the 1993–94 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year...
, basketball player - Eddie Jones (rugby union), Australian former rugby union coach
- Edward Jones (footballer)Edward Jones (footballer)Edward Jones was an English football player and manager who coached the Egyptian national side between 1949 and 1952. Jones was in charge of Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, English association football player and manager - Edward Jones (rugby league)Edward Jones (rugby league)Edward "Ned" Jones was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Broughton Rangers.-International honours:Ned Jones won a cap for Wales while at Broughton Rangers in 1913....
, rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Wales, and Broughton Rangers - Edward Jones (lacrosse)Edward Jones (lacrosse)Edward Percy Jones was a British lacrosse player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team which won the silver medal.-External links:*...
, British lacrosse player - The Edward Jones DomeEdward Jones DomeThe Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America's Center, and previously known as The Trans World Dome (from 1995–2001) is a multi-purpose stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was...
(formerly TWA Dome), a multi-purpose stadium in St. Louis, home to the Rams of the NFL
Politics
- Edward Jones (NC politician)Edward Jones (NC politician)Edward Walter Jones is a North Carolina Democratic politician who represents the state's 4th Senate district in the North Carolina Senate...
, American state legislator - Ed Jones (U.S. politician), American US Representative from the state of Tennessee
- Edward F. JonesEdward F. JonesEdward Franc Jones was an American merchant, manufacturer, author and politician from New York.-Biography:...
, American New York Lieutenant Governor - Edward Warburton JonesEdward Warburton JonesSir Edward Warburton Jones PC PC QC was a Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician.Teddy Jones was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin...
, Northern Irish politician
Science
- Edward E. JonesEdward E. JonesEdward Ellsworth Jones , also known as "Ned" Jones, was an influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career. He moved to Princeton University's Department of Psychology in 1977.-Biography:He earned his Ph.D...
(1927–1993), psychologist - Edward G. Jones, American neuroscientist
Architecture
- Edward Vason JonesEdward Vason JonesEdward Vason Jones , a neoclassical architect and member of the Georgia School of Classicism, began his career in 1936 with the design and construction of the Gillionville Plantation near his hometown of Albany, Georgia...
(1909–1980), neoclassical architect - Edward Jones (architect)Edward Jones (architect)Prof. Edward Jones, CBE RIBA is an English architect, born in St Albans in October 1939. He is married to Canadian architect Margot Griffin.-Career:...
, architect who designed the Saïd Business School
Religion
- Blessed Edward Jones (died 1590), Catholic Martyr
- Edward Jones (bishop of St Asaph)Edward Jones (bishop of St Asaph)Edward Jones , was the bishop of St. Asaph.Jones was born in July 1641 at Llwyn Ririd, near Montgomery, Powys. He was the son of Richard Jones, by Sarah, daughter of John Pyttes of Marrington. He was educated at Westminster School, whence he was elected in 1661 to Trinity College, Cambridge. He...
(1641–1703), Bishop of St Asaph - Edward Jones (bishop of St Albans) (1901–1982), Bishop of Willesden and later of St Albans
Military
- Edward Jones (British Army officer) (1936–2007), British army general
Arts
- Eddie Jones (artist)Eddie Jones (artist)Eddie Jones , born Edward John Jones, was a British science fiction illustrator, who started as a fan artist. He illustrated numerous science fiction book covers, some under the pseudonym S. Fantoni, and provided interior illustrations for books and magazines. Jones was active in the field from...
(1935−1999), British SF artist and illustrator - Edward P. JonesEdward P. JonesEdward Paul Jones is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.-Biography:...
(born 1951), novelist - Eddie Jones (actor)Eddie Jones (actor)Eddie Jones is an American actor known for playing Clark Kent's father Jonathan Kent in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Charles Broden Eddie Jones (born 1937 Washington, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known for playing Clark Kent's father Jonathan...
(born 1940)
Miscellaneous
- "The boy JonesThe boy JonesEdward Jones , or the boy Jones, as he was called by the British newspapers of the early Victorian era, was a notorious intruder into Buckingham Palace between 1838 and 1841. He later became the subject of a children's book and the film The Mudlark...
", Edward Jones (born c.1823), notorious intruder into Buckingham Palace between 1838 and 1841 - Edward N. Jones, president of Texas Tech University 1952–1959, per List of Texas Tech University presidents
See also
- Ted Jones (disambiguation)
- Edgar Jones (disambiguation)
- Edmund JonesEdmund JonesEdmund Jones is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was first elected on May 18, 1971 Jones served with a heavy automotive repair company during World War II...
, American Republican politician - Edwin Jones, composer
- Jones (surname)Jones (surname)Jones is a common Celtic Welsh surname based on the English version of the parent's name ending in -S. In 1881 people with this surname were largely confined to Wales. By 1998 many Welsh people had migrated to cities in England particularly those adjacent to Wales. The earliest record of the name...