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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Great American Authors Read from Their Works Lib/E
- WW II
- Some came running
- Die Entwurzelten
- WWII
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Film & TV
Writing · Robinson, Illinois, USA
American novelist known for the classics "The Thin Red Line" and "From Here To Eternity."
Known for
- Some Came Running — Crew Cut Man Playing Poker (uncredited)1958
- From Here to Eternity — Undetermined Role (uncredited)1953
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-09-12
- Active to
- 2013-04-26
Discography
- Grand Ole Opry’s New Star George Jones Country Song Hits1956
- Sings 14 Top Country Favorites1957
- Country Church Time1959
- George Jones Sings White Lightning and Other Favorites1959
- George Jones Salutes Hank Williams1960
- The Crown Prince of Country Music1960
- Duets Country Style1962
- Sings Bob Wills1962
- Sings Country and Western Hits1962
- Sings the Hits of His Country Cousins1962
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 586
- Total plays
- 7,579
James Jones was a dutch band formed by James Jones (Caspar Steinebach, 1984) and Jim Sheperd (Wim den Herder, 1982). By the beginning of the century Jim discovered James when he was performing with a band at a high school battle of the bands fesitval in Wassenaar. The talented multi-instrumentalist Jim Sheperd immediately saw potential in the raw funky singing style of James and asked him to sing in one of his Projects, called Project-X. After recording a few songs, Project X got a new name; Ja
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 537
- Cited by
- 25,783
Research areas
Most cited works
- Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison2013 · 2,306 cit
- Uncertainty in simulating wheat yields under climate change2013 · 1,327 cit
- The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and pilot studies2012 · 1,053 cit
- Global climate change and US agriculture1990 · 706 cit
- How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors?2014 · 691 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,730x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,274x
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Quotes
- “This place is hell. They herd you around like cattle; they order you around like dogs; they work you like horses; and they feed you like hogs.”
- “I write to reach eternity.”
- “It will say just about everything I have ever had to say, or will ever have to say, on the human condition of war and what it means to us, as against what we claim it means to us.”
- “I want to make everybody in the world groan with the inevitability of sorrow.”
- “Colour makes a difference. Gender makes a difference. Ethnicity makes a difference. Acting as if they don't will create more problems than it will solve.”
- “When he finished packing, he walked out on to the third-floor porch of the barracks brushing the dust from his hands, a very neat and deceptively slim young man in the summer khakis that were still early morning fresh.”
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Key facts
- Born
- James Ramon Jones , ( 1921-11-06 ) November 6, 1921, Robinson, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- May 9, 1977 (1977-05-09) (aged 55), Southampton, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist, author
- Period
- 1951–1975
- Genre
- World War II fiction
- Notable awards
- National Book Award , 1952
- Allegiance
- United States of America
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1939–1944
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Regiment
- Conflicts
- World War II
- Awards
- Purple Heart
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- James Jones (From Here to Eternity photo).jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1921-11-06
- date of death
- 1977-05-09
- name in native language
- James Jones
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to James Jones, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, From Here to Eternity, which was adapted for film a year later (and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture) and made into a television series a generation later.
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