| 词条 | George Jones (navy chaplain) |
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| name = George Jones | birth_date = {{birth date|1800|7|30}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1870|01|22|1800|7|30}} | birth_place = York, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | image = | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1795}} | serviceyears = 1825 to 1828, 1832 to 1860 | rank = Chaplain | branch = {{Flagicon image|US Naval Jack 15 stars.svg}} United States Navy | commands = | unit = USS Constitution, United States Naval Academy | battles = | awards = | laterwork = }} The Reverend Prof. George Jones (July 30, 1800 – January 22, 1870) was a minister of the Episcopal Church, United States Navy chaplain, academic, and writer. He is remembered as the first chaplain and head of English studies at the United States Naval Academy and for his participation in the landmark 1852–1854 expedition to Japan under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry.[1] Background and early lifeJones was born on his family's estate near York, Pennsylvania, in 1800, the youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth Jones. He was educated at Yale University, where he graduated as the 1823 class valedictorian. After two years teaching in Washington, D.C., he served as schoolmaster on board the Navy frigates USS Brandywine and USS Constitution and as secretary to Commodore Charles Morris.[2] Jones was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 16, 1831, thereafter serving as a parish priest in Middletown, Connecticut. Jones rejoined the U.S. Navy in 1832, first as an acting chaplain aboard the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet USS United States, receiving his commission as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy on April 20, 1833. In common with other shipboard chaplains of the era, Jones was responsible for the academic training of midshipmen in his charge. With a lifelong involvement in naval education, Jones made written recommendations to the Secretary of the Navy in 1839 to establish a more formalized officer training program. His appointment as the first head of English and chaplain of the newly opened Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845 and 1851 respectively, was a recognition of his public advocacy on this topic.[3] Perry Expedition to JapanDeparting Annapolis on the flagship USS Mississippi on November 18, 1852, Jones journeyed with the squadron for over two years. The squadron cleared Hampton Roads on November 24, heading first for Madeira, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and continued to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and the Ryukyu Islands before entering Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853.[4] Jones as chaplain kept the navy custom of holding divine service each Sunday while on board ship. According to the journal of Commodore Perry dated March 9, 1854, Jones was also able to conduct a Christian funeral on land at Yokohama "to the forms of the Episcopal Church." The funeral was for the interment of Private Robert Williams USMC, who had died on board the USS Mississippi. After many centuries of enforced isolation, this Christian ceremony was a significant event in terms of freedom of religious expression in Japan. In all, Jones was to conduct four more Christian burials during the fleet's stay in Japanese waters, one such funeral at Shimoda captured in sketch by the official expedition artist Wilhelm Heine. Jones contributed extensively on astronomical observations of Zodiacal light to the third volume of Perry's published account of the expedition, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. Later yearsJones rejoined the teaching and chaplaincy staff of the Naval Academy on his return to the United States. He was stationed at the Philadelphia Naval Asylum at the time of his death January 22, 1870. FamilyJones married Mary Amelia Silliman of Brooklyn, New York, in 1837. She died in Washington, D.C., in 1865. LegacyThe Fellowship Hall at the Hope Chapel, United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan is dedicated in honor of Jones.[5] References1. ^{{cite book |last1=McWilliams |first1=Jane |title=Annapolis, City on the Severn: A History |date=2011 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8018-9659-0 |page=158}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, George}}2. ^{{cite book |last1=Leeman |first1=William |title=The Long Road to Annapolis |date=2010 |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |isbn=978-0-8078-3383-4 |page=213}} 3. ^{{cite book |last1=Budd |first1=Richard |title=Serving Two Masters: The Development of American Military Chaplaincy, 1860–1920 |date=2002 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=0-8032-1322-0 |page=13}} 4. ^{{cite book |last1=McWilliams |first1=Jane |title=Annapolis, City on the Severn: A History |date=2011 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8018-9659-0 |page=158}} 5. ^{{cite web |last1=Schmitt |first1=Joseph |title=Chapel of Hope dedicates hall to historical chaplain |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/109956/chapel-hope-dedicates-hall-historical-chaplain#.VR8PcmIaySP |website=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |publisher=Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka |accessdate=April 3, 2015 |date=July 10, 2013}} 4 : 1800 births|1870 deaths|United States Navy chaplains|Yale University alumni |
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