Professor Robert Jones FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 1993
- Year of birth
- 1929
- Year of death
- 2017
- Honours
- FBA
- Subjects
- Literature, Modern languages
- Website
- http://www.rmjones-bobijones.net
Summary
was professor of Welsh language and literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1980 to 1989. Since his retirement he has been working on his website which now consists of 20 volumes. He has researched in Welsh Literature and Linguistics, graduating MA, PhD, DLitt, in the University of Wales, and won the Book of the Year Arts Council Prize on six occasions for poetry, narrative and literary criticism. He became Fellow of the Academy in 1983, and President of Yr Academi Gymreig (Welsh Academy of Letters) since 2010.
Current post
Emeritus Professor and Head of Department, Welsh Language and Literature, University of Wales
Past appointments
University of Wales, Aberystwyth Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Professor of Welsh Language and Literature
1965 - 1989
University of Wales, Aberystwyth Lecturer in Education
1956 - 1965
Publications
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