Edward Jones Biography

Not to be confused with Edward D. Jones of Edward Jones Investments.American statistician, Dow Jones co-founder

Edward Davis Jones (October 7, 1856 – February 16, 1920) was an American statistician and journalist. Jones is best known as the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and as a co-founder of The Wall Street Journal.

Early life

Jones was born on October 7, 1856, in Worcester, M*achusetts. Jones' parents, Reverend John Jones and Clarissa (née:Day) Jones, were of Welsh descent. Jones graduated from Worcester Academy and attended Brown University before dropping out in his junior year. After leaving Brown, Jones worked as a reporter for the Providence Morning Star and Evening Press, where he met Charles Dow.

Dow Jones

Main article: Dow Jones & Company

The company which is famous for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, The Wall Street Journal was founded by Jones and Charles Dow in 1882 "in the ba*t of the New York Stock Exchange"; Charles Bergstresser was a silent partner.

Jones had met Dow while both had worked as fellow reporters in Providence, Rhode Island.

Translations

• De Boer, Tjitze (1903): The History of Philosophy in Islam.

References

External links

• Why not Jones Dow, and going beyond the Dow Dozen: LATimes