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B. Frank Jones (c. 1936) is an American mathematician, and the Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics at Rice University. Jones' mathematical research is focused on partial differential equations and real analysis.

Personal
B. Frank Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas. He attended Rice Institute, where he was a Chemical Engineering major. He graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1958.

Education

 * Ph.D., Rice University, 1961 (Mathematics)
 * Dissertation: "The Determination of a Coefficient in a Parabolic Differential Equation"
 * Advisor: Jim Douglas, Jr.
 * B.A., Rice Institute, 1958 (Mathematics)

University positions

 * 1961–present: Noah Harding Professor, Rice University

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Honors and awards (selected)

 * Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Award, MAA, 1995.
 * 2007 Texas Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, November 2007.