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

Bristol Cathedral School Bristol Cathedral Choir School is a mixed gender non-selective musical Secondary Academy, located in the Cabot area of Bristol, England. Until 2008 it was Bristol Cathedral School, part of Bristol Cathedral, in the centre of the city. The chor ...

, the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

(BSc) and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

(PhD, 1965) He then worked at the

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. In 1969 he joined the Zoology Department of the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

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 The Flavelle Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada "for an outstanding contribution to biological science during the preceding ten years or for significant additions to a previous outstanding contribution to biological science". It is n ...

of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship of the

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, and the

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1941 births 2010 deaths People educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School Alumni of the University of Southampton Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of Bristol Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Science Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Members of the Order of Canada {{UK-zoologist-stub