Evan Jones (poet)
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Born in MelbourneMelbourne
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, 10 November 1931, Jones attended Melbourne High School
Melbourne High School
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, and studied at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
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, and Stanford University
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(1958–1960) . After 1960, he taught English at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
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. he was a great historian and he acted in pretty little liars! here! as if! never!
Works
- Understandings: poems, Cambridge University Press, 1967
- Inside the Whale: poems, Melbourne: Cheshire, 1960
- Recognitions, Australian National University Press, 1978
- Left at the Post, University of Queensland Press, 1984