Harry Gwynne Jones

H. Gwynne Jones
H. Gwynne Jones
Born	Horace Gwynne Jones; 1918
Died	1985; Swansea
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of London
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychology

H. Gwynne Jones (1918 – 1985) was a British psychologist with particular expertise in personality assessment.

Career

Jones obtained a BSc (Hons) in Botany from the University of London. With the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Fleet Air Arm. After the war he returned to Wales to teach botany but he moved to London to obtain another BSc, this time in Psychology. He followed this with training in clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry under the supervision of Monte B. Shapiro.[1]

He remained at the Institute for twelve years before moving to St. George's Hospital Medical School to establish a department of psychology. In 1968 he was appointed Chair of Psychology at the University of Leeds where he remained until he retired in 1981.[2]

He was actively involved in the British Psychological Society and was Honorary General Secretary in 1962 becoming its president in 1966.

Research

His research was largely in the area of developing methods in clinical psychology.[3]

Honours

1966 - 1967 - President, British Psychological Society
1984 - Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Psychiatrists

References

Jones, H.G. (1984). "Behaviour therapy: an autobiography". Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 12 (1): 7–16. doi:10.1017/S0141347300009423.
Rawlings, Grace (1985). "Obituary - Emeritus Professor H. Gwynne Jones". Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. 38: 195.
Jones, H.G. (1958). "Neurosis and experimental psychology". Journal of Mental Science. 104 (434): 55–62. doi:10.1192/bjp.104.434.55. PMID 13514444.

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[1] Jones, H.G. (1984). "Behaviour therapy: an autobiography". Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 12 (1): 7–16. doi:10.1017/S0141347300009423.

[2] Rawlings, Grace (1985). "Obituary - Emeritus Professor H. Gwynne Jones". Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. 38: 195.

[3] Jones, H.G. (1958). "Neurosis and experimental psychology". Journal of Mental Science. 104 (434): 55–62. doi:10.1192/bjp.104.434.55. PMID 13514444.