MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 2: Dr. Jones's widow has kindly comented, below, both confirming and clarifying the story.
A scholar of ancient philosophy, Jones taught at Princeton in the 1970s, then at Oxford, and then according to various sources (for example), quit philosophy to become a plumber. This seems a bit like the famous story about Tolstoy, who when asked what work he was most proud of, displayed a pair of shoes he had made himself. Is the Jones story true? Does anyone know?
