The Academic Legacy of Professor Michael John Jones (1953–2023): Accounting narratives, financial graphs, medieval accounting history and accounting for biodiversity

Professor Michael John Jones (1953–2023) was a stalwart of UK academic accounting for over forty years. He published around 85 scholarly papers and 90 practitioner articles, making significant contributions in areas including narrative disclosure, financial graphs, medieval accounting history, and biodiversity reporting. In this article, we examine the main insights his work contributed in each of these areas and explain his contribution to the UK academic accounting community, through his role in the founding of important research institutions and networks, journal editorship, his dedication to supporting early career researchers and the collaborative relationships he maintained with the accounting profession.