Edward (Ted) G. Jones (March 26, 1939, Upper Hutt, New Zealand – June 6, 2011, Davis, California) was an American neuroscientist and a prolific neuroanatomist. One of his main contributions involves his Matrix-Core theory of thalamic organization. He authored a highly influential book entitled The Thalamus in 1985. Jones resided in California and served as director for the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis. He was a former president of the Society for Neuroscience.