Jonathan Anthony Mason (10 January 1945 – 17 February 2023) was an Indian schoolmaster and educationist.
[2][3][4][5] Mason was born in Dehradun, India, and was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, where he won the Good Conduct Medal, and at Jadavpur University, where he graduated Master of Arts in English.
[6] In 1996, he took over from Shomie Das as headmaster of The Doon School, remaining there until May 2003, to be succeeded by Kanti Bajpai.
[8] Mason had retired from his full-time teaching career and lived in Dehradun, where he was working on a village project near Meerut.
[10] John Mason has written several English textbooks for Indian schools:[11]