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Easley S. (Easley Stephen) Jones
1884–1947
Best remembered as a coauthor of influential English composition handbooks, he also led a notably wide-ranging life in teaching, research, and overseas relief work. His writing career stretched from practical classroom guides to a small volume inspired by Hokusai’s views of Mount Fuji.
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The Century Handbook of Writing
by Garland Greever, Easley S. (Easley Stephen) Jones
About the author
Born in 1884 and died in 1947, Easley Stephen Jones was an American author and English professor whose name is most often linked with early 20th-century writing instruction. He is best known for coauthoring The Century Handbook of Writing with Garland Greever, a guide that remained visible long after its first publication and is still widely cataloged today.
Archival records describe a career that reached well beyond the classroom. Jones also worked as a research assistant on Russian affairs for the U.S. War Trade Board and served as an officer with the American Red Cross in Japan, Siberia, Korea, and China, experiences reflected in surviving journals and photographs from 1919 to 1921.
His published work shows both a practical and a literary side. Along with handbooks on English usage and composition, he is also credited with Hokusai’s Views of Mt. Fuji, a small book pairing Hokusai’s images with his poems. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources reviewed.