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Sir John Peter Jonas (14 October 1946 - 22 April 2020) was a British arts administrator and opera company director.

Life and career

Jonas was born in London, the son of Hilda (Ziadie), a fashion model, and Walter Jonas, who ran a dye works and a factory. His father was a German Jewish emigrant, from Hamburg, and his mother was of Jamaican and Lebanese descent. Jonas studied at Worth School, and took an English Literature degree at the University of Sussex.

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