Schuylar Jones, a globe-trotting American adventurer who went on to run an Oxford University museum, has died
Schuylar Jones, a globe-trotting American adventurer whose exploits drew comparisons to iconic movie character Indiana Jones, has died. He was 94. Jones' stepdaughter, Cassandra Da'Luz Vieira-Manion, posted on her Facebook page that Jones died on May 17. She said she had been taking care of him for the last six years and “truly thought he might live forever.” “He was a fascinating man who lived a lot of life around the world,” she wrote.
He parlayed that research into a doctorate at Oxford University and went on to become a curator and later director at that university's Pitt Rivers Museum. Upon retirement, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire award, one step below knighthood. Similarities between Jones and George Lucas' Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. character are striking. Aside from the name and the family business — Indy's father, Henry Sr.
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