William Jervis Jones (16 August 1941 – 20 April 2018) was an English linguistic historian, described as "one of the most distinguished scholars" in the field of German studies in Britain.John L. Flood, "Professor William Jervis Jones, 16 August 1941–20 April 2018", German Life and Letters, vol. 72, no. 2 (April 2019), pp. 125–128. Originally from Cornwall, he was a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford, and began teaching in the University of London in 1966, initially as an assistant lecturer in German at Westfield College; he was promoted to lecturer in 1969, and reader in 1984, before being appointed professor of German at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College in 1990. He retired in 2001."Professor William Jervis Jones, 1941–2018", Language & History, vol. 61, no. 3 (2018), pp. 140–142. He was the subject of a Festschrift.Máire C. Davies, John L. Flood and David N. Yeandle (eds), "Proper Words in Proper Places": Studies in Lexicology and Lexicography in Honour of William Jervis Jones (Stuttgart: Verlag Hans-Dieter Heinz, 2001). His brother is the Australian–British librarian David Jones, author of The Australian Dictionary of Acronyms & Abbreviations (1977, etc).
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