[1][2] He was professor of economics and political science at University of South Wales.
[2][3] He was also the first Head of Department of Economics at University of Allahabad.
[4] Jevons was the first Secretary of the Abyssinian Association and the first treasurer of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society.
[2][5] He started the Indian Journal of Economics.
[6] He was also the first president of Indian Economic Association.