Ewart Jones

Commemoration plaque for the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, headed by Ewart Jones between 1954-1978

Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones FRS (16 March 1911 – 7 May 2002) was a Welsh organic chemist and academic administrator, whose fields of expertise led him to discoveries into the chemistry of natural products, mainly steroids, terpenes and vitamins.[1] His work also led to the creation of the Jones oxidation.[2]

  1. ^ "Jones, Sir Ewart Ray Herbert (1911–2002)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.1013265 (inactive 1 November 2024). Retrieved 4 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Jones, J. H. (2003). "Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones 16 March 1911 – 7 May 2002 Elected FRS 1950". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 263–282. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0015. JSTOR 3650225.