Howard Mumford Jones

Howard Mumford Jones (April 16, 1892 - May 11, 1980) was a U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University. In February, 1954 Dr. Jones gave the dedicatory address at the opening of the addition to the University of Wisconsin Library, entitled: "Books and the Independent Mind." The Crux of his comments was perhaps contained in his midpoint comment: "While it is true that we in this nation remain free to be idiotic, it does not necessarily follow, that we must be idiotic, in order to be free!" In 1965 he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for "". He also authored "Belief and Disbelief in American Literature" (1967) and "The Age of Energy" (1971), and many scholarly journal articles.

The Howard Mumford Jones Professorship of American Studies in the Department of History, Harvard University, was named in his honor. Fact|date=February 2008

References

* [http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou01360 Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-, recipient. Miscellaneous papers: Guide] at Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
* [http://www.pulitzer.org/ Pulitzer Prize] at pulitzer.org