Henry Walton Jones, Senior

"You call this archaeology?"

- Henry Jones, Sr.

Dr. Henry Walden Jones, Sr. was a professor of medieval literature and expert on the Holy Grail, and the father of archaeologist Indiana Jones.

Biography
Henry Jones was born in Scotland in 1872. He was educated at Oxford, where he developed a lifelong friendship with classmate Marcus Brody. While pursuing his degree, he fell in love with a twenty-year-old American woman named Anna, and the two married in 1898. Henry graduated from Oxford in June of the following year, and immediately moved his growing family to Princeton, New Jersey, where his son Henry Jones, Jr. was born a month later.

Jones' scholarly pursuits at Princeton University led to a two-year worldwide lecturing tour beginning in May of 1908. Jones brought his wife and son with him, believing the experience to be a once-in-a-lifetime educational opportunity for young Henry Jr.

The Jones family relocated to Utah upon their return to the States. Henry's relationship with his son was always difficult, but Anna's untimely death in May of 1912 caused him to withdraw even further into his studies. The gap between them would only widen over the following years.

In 1938, Jones was reconciled with his son (now known even professionally as "Indiana") when the pair was enlisted by wealthy industrialist Walter Donovan to recover the Holy Grail. The reunited Joneses successfully located the Grail Temple and prevented the Nazis (and their secret ally, Donovan) from recovering the famed artifact.

Portrayals of Henry Jones, Sr.

 * Lloyd Owen, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
 * Sean Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Appearances

 * Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
 * "Florence, May 1908"
 * "Paris, September 1908"
 * "Vienna, November 1908"
 * "British East Africa, September 1909"
 * "Benares, January 1910"
 * "Peking, March 1910"
 * "Princeton, February 1916"
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates' Loot
 * Indiana Jones Jr et le Fantôme du Klondike
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Lost Gold of Durango
 * Indiana Jones Jr et l'Ampoule Radioactive
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation Treasure
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril
 * Indiana Jones Jr et le Violon du Metropolitan
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Ghostly Riders
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Circle of Death
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Journey to the Underworld
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Ruby Cross
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon
 * Young Indiana Jones and the Eye of the Tiger
 * Indiana Jones Jr et le Spectre de Venise
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny