Name Edward Jones Role Statistician | Died 1920 Education Worcester Academy | |
Organizations founded Dow Jones & Company, S&P Dow Jones Indices Similar People Charles Dow, Charles Bergstresser, Dieter von Holtzbrinck, Peter R Kann | ||
Edward Davis Jones (7 October 1856 – 16 February 1920) was a U.S. statistician, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
A graduate of Worcester Academy in Worcester, MA, he co-founded Dow Jones & Company in 1882 along with Charles Dow and Charles Bergstresser.
He was not associated with Edward Jones Investments, which was founded by an unrelated Edward D. Jones.
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