John Winter Jones
Principal Librarian of the British Museum (1805-1881) · Died at 76
John Winter Jones was an English librarian. He was Principal Librarian of the British Museum between 1866 and 1873. He was the first President of the Library Association in the U.K.
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![The title page of Jones's A Translation of All the Greek, Latin, Italian and French Quotations which Occur in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1889 edition)[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/John_Winter_Jones%2C_A_Translation_of_All_the_Greek%2C_Latin%2C_Italian_and_French_Quotations_which_Occur_in_Blackstone%27s_Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England_%281889%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
About this person
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1805 to 1881 · aged 76