David James Jones (22 December 1886 – 23 July 1947), was a Welsh philosopher and academic.

He was born in Pontarddulais and went to school in Gowerton. He studied at Cardiff University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1915 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister, and served as a chaplain on the Western Front in World War I.

Among his achievements was coining the word esblygiad in Welsh for evolution by natural selection.1946 Y Fflam i. 61

Works Hanes Athroniaeth: Y Cyfnod Groegaidd (1939)

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