David R. Jones (biologist)

David Robert Jones, CM FRSC (28 January 1941 – 19 November 2010) was a British born zoologist and biologist.

This article is about biologist. For the rock singer also named David Robert Jones, whose stage name is David Bowie, see David Bowie.

David Jones
Born(1941-01-28)28 January 1941
Bristol, England
Died19 November 2010(2010-11-19) (aged 69)
Alma materUniversity of Southampton (BSc)
University of East Anglia (PhD)
AwardsFlavelle Medal 2000
FRSC
Order of Canada 2004
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
University of British Columbia
ThesisThe cardiovascular adjustments to submergence in amphibians (1965)

He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School, the University of Southampton (BSc) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1965)[1] He then worked at the University of Bristol, and joined the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia in 1969 where he spent the remainder of his career ultimately becoming Killam Research Scholar and Professor Emeritus. During his career he was awarded the Fry Medal of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, the Killam Research Prize, the Flavelle Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada, and the Order of Canada.[2]

References
  1. Milsom, W. K. (2011). "David Robert Jones, BSc, PhD, FRSC, CM: 28 January 1941 - 19 November 2010". Journal of Experimental Biology. 214 (3): 347. doi:10.1242/jeb.054288.
  2. "Order of Canada - David R. Jones, C.M., Ph.D., F.R.S.C."


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