6-827: Jevons may refer to: People [ edit ] Frank Byron Jevons (1858–1936), British academic and philosopher Frederic Jevons (born 1929), academic Marshall Jevons , the name of a fictitious crime writer invented and used by William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga Phil Jevons (born 1979), English football player Reginald Jevons (1901-1981), British organist and composer William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), English economist and logician Other [ edit ] Jevons paradox - an economic paradox where increased efficiency sometimes causes increased resource consumption. See also [ edit ] Jevon (disambiguation) Jevans Jeavons (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
12-559: A role he performed with "skill and humanity". In 1897 he was appointed as Principal of Bishop Hatfield's Hall (retitled master in 1919 when it became Hatfield College), where he remained until 1922. He was the first principal not to be seen ordained clergyman. He also served as treasurer of the university from 1898 to 1902, as sub-warden from 1902 to 1909, as vice-chancellor of the university between 1910 and 1912 and pro vice-chancellor between 1912 and 1914 and 1916 to 1921. He received an honorary DLitt from Durham University in 1895. He
18-466: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Frank Byron Jevons Frank Byron Jevons (1858–29 February 1936) was a polymath, academic and administrator of Durham University . He was educated at Nottingham High School and Wadham College, Oxford and appointed a lecturer in Classics at Durham in 1882. He was the first Censor of St Cuthbert's Society from 1892 until 1897,
24-409: The surname Jevons . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jevons&oldid=1238128110 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
30-467: Was Professor of Philosophy between 1910 and 1930 and presided at the inaugural meeting of the World Congress of Philosophy in 1923. One of the last Victorian polymaths, in the twenty years before and after 1900, he gave himself successively to the study of classics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, and comparative religion. A portrait hangs in the refectory of Hatfield College. He
36-863: Was concerned with social and national issues, especially the education of the working classes and of women. He was author of eighteen scholarly texts some of which, for example A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of Demosthenes (1886), An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion (1908) , and Comparative Religion (Cambridge Manual of Science and Literature) (1913) remain in print. He also wrote on other fields in which subsequent technical advances have been radical and rapid, such as evolution. Such works understandably are no longer commonly in print, but they remain of interest for their clarity, logic, and sound representation of
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