Rhishard Llewellyn Jones (12 June 1865 – 3 March 1932) was a Welsh professor of physics who worked at the Presidency College Madras and also served as a director of the

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. His students included C. V. Raman. Jones was born in Pempompren,

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and was educated at Talybout and at Ardwyn House School,

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before entering Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he graduated 23rd wrangler in 1887. He worked at

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and joined as a professor of physics at the Presidency College, Madras in 1889. He received an MA in 1893. At Madras he also served as Government Meteorologist from 1899. Jones was elected

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in 1895, while a brother of his contributed to the Astronomical Society of Wales.ACAD database
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1865 births 1932 deaths Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society Academic staff of Presidency College, Chennai Welsh physicists British people in colonial India People from the Madras Presidency {{UK-physicist-stub