World lecture tour
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The World Lecture Tour was a turning point in the career of Henry Walton Jones, Sr., beginning in 1908 and lasting to at least 1910. During it Professor Jones visited several universities through the world where he lectured on his specialty, medieval literature. His wife Anna and only son Henry Jones, Jr. accompanied him.
For the young Jones, the journey was of special significance because it was the first time he left his hometown in Princeton for a significant length of time; his first contact with other countries and cultures; his first experience with ancient ruins and artifacts; and his first meeting with several important figures of the time. Strict teacher Helen Seymour was charged with the task to educate Henry Jr. during the long journey. During the tour, the Jones family also visited several friends of Professor Jones, and experienced several detours and delays due to illness of various family members and the occasional misadventure of the younger Jones.
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[edit] Known Itinerary
[edit] 1908
- Departure from Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- New York City, USA
- London, United Kingdom
- Oxford, United Kingdom (the hiring of Helen Seymour)
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Cairo, Egypt
- Tangiers, Morocco
- Marrakech, Morocco
- Paris, France
[edit] 1909
- Florence, Italy
- Richard Medlicot's coffee plantation, British East Africa
- Kirinyaga, British East Africa
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
[edit] 1910
[edit] Behind the scenes
- The original series dated the British East Africa episode in September 1909. However, it was later released as part of Passion for Life paired with (and anteceding) Paris, September 1908, and the newly included joining segment implicated that the family moved from East Africa to Nice by boat and then took a train to Paris. Thus, in the new continuity the vacation in East Africa would take place in the summer between the Moroccan adventure and the stance in Paris.
