   terence graham parry "terry" jones (born 1 february 1942) is a british comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director and author. he is best known as a member of the monty python comedy team. ==early life== jones was born in the seaside town of colwyn bay, on the north coast of wales. the family home was named bodchwil. his father was stationed with the raf in india. when jones was 4Â½, the family moved to surrey in england. jones was educated at the royal grammar school in guildford, where he was school captain in the 1960-61 academic year. he read english at st edmund hall, oxford, but "strayed into history".roger wilmut, from fringe to flying circus, london, 1980, p.38; . he became interested in the medieval period through reading chaucer as part of his english degree. he graduated with a 2:1. while there, he performed comedy with future monty python castmate michael palin in the oxford revue. ==career history== ===before python=== jones appeared in twice a fortnight with michael palin, graeme garden, bill oddie and jonathan lynn, as well as the television series the complete and utter history of britain (1969). he appeared in do not adjust your set (1967â69) with palin, eric idle and david jason. he wrote for the frost report and several other david frost programmes on british television. along with palin, he wrote lyrics for the 1968 b
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