JOWF, or DJOWF, jouf, oasis in north ern Arabia between the Syrian and Shammar deserts. It is also the name of a district of South Arabia. The oasis, which is really what its name implies, a fertile spot in the desert, produces a variety of products peculiar to the climatic conditions of that region, among them being excellent dates. Pop. about 40,000. The capital, E1-Djof, contains about 4,000 people, while Sekakah has a population of about 5,000.
JOY, Charles Arad, American chemist : b. Ludlowville, N. Y., 1823; d. 1891. He was edu cated at Union College and the Harvard Law School. He also studied at Berlin and Gottin gen and received the degree of Ph.D. from the latter in 1852, and after a few years spent as professor of chemistry at Union, became in 1857 professor of chemistry at Columbia, where he remained for 20 years. In 1866 he became president of the Lyceum of Natural History (later the New York Academy of Sciences) and was long one of the editorial staff of the Scientific American.
JOY, George William, English painter: b. Dublin, Ireland, 1844. He was educated at Har row and studied art at Kensin on, at the. Royal Academy and under Charles
and Bon nat, at Paris. His principal pictures are 'Do menica' ; 'Chess Players> ;
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JOY, Thomas, American colonist : b. Nor folk, England, 1610; d. Boston, 1678. Upon emigrating to America in 1635 he established himself in Boston as an architect and builder and in 1657 erected the townhouse of Boston. the earliest civic structure of any note in New England. In 1646 for his share in the 'Child Memorial,' protesting against both the civil and ecclesiastical government of the Bay Colony, he was fined and imprisoned.