{{Short description| Welsh philosopher and academic (1886–1947)}} {{For|the poet and scholar often known as David James Jones|D. Gwenallt Jones}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

'''David James Jones''' (22 December 1886 &ndash; 23 July 1947), was a Welsh philosopher and academic.<ref name="WBO">{{Cite DWB|id=s2-JONE-JAM-1886|title=Jones, David James|access-date=12 February 2025|last=Aaron|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Aaron}}</ref>

He was born in Pontarddulais and went to school in Gowerton. He studied at Cardiff University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1915 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister, and served as a chaplain on the Western Front in World War I.<ref name="WBO"/>

==Works== *''Hanes Athroniaeth: Y Cyfnod Groegaidd'' (1939)

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