William Jones, Indian, cowboy, American scholar, and anthropologist in the field

by Henry Milner Rideout

William Jones (1871-1909) was a Native American anthropologist of the Fox nation. Born in Oklahoma on March 28, 1871, after studying at Hampton Institute he graduated from Phillips Academy, class of 1896 and went on to receive his B.A. from Harvard. When in 1904 he received his PhD from Columbia University as a student of Franz Boas, he became the fourth person to receive a PhD in linguistic anthropology, twelfth person to receive a PhD in anthropology, and first Native American PhD in anthropology. Jones was biologically only part Fox but was raised by his Fox maternal grandmother between...