Henry Jones was a scientific editor. He was a graduate of Eton College and studied at King’s College, Cambridge. In 1716 he graduated BA, gained his MA in 1720, and was elected a Fellow of the College. He edited a two-volume edition of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1700-1720. Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723. He died in London, unmarried, in 1727.
Reference:
Gordon Goodwin, ‘Jones, Henry (c.1695-1727)’, rev. Robert Brown, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15011 [accessed 15 Aug 2013]).
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