Abel J. JonesAbel John Jones OBE (May 26, 1878 – May 8, 1949) was a Welsh author. Jones was born in the Monmouthshire village of Rhymney, Bedwellty. His parents, David Rees Jones and Hannah Jones (née Evans), as well as his sister Annie and brothers Rees and Davi Rees, spoke exclusively Welsh, although Abel spoke fluent Welsh, English, and eventually German. He dropped out of school at fourteen to work in a business, but after fifteen months he became a pupil-teacher for five years. On 13 May 1897, he was involved in Guglielmo Marconi's first wireless signal transmission over water from Lavernock Point to Flatholm Island in south Wales. From 1898 to 1901, Abel attended the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, where he earned a BSc. From February 1904 to July 1905, he was Senior Master at Narberth County Intermediate School in Pembrokeshire, where he taught science and mathematics under the direction of John Morgan MA. From 1905 to 1906, he earned a PhD at the German University of Jena under the philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken. Abel was a Clare College, Cambridge Scholar from 1906 to 1912, studying for the Moral Sciences Tripos (BA 1908, MA 1912). After leaving Cambridge, Abel taught in elementary and secondary schools (including Bootham School in York) and lectured in Philosophy at Clare College before being appointed as an assistant lecturer in the University College, Cardiff's Education Department. Read More Read Less