Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. (born July 1, 1899, in Princeton, New Jersey), also known as "Indiana", is a professor, archaeologist, and adventurer who divides his time between teaching at prestigious universities, and doing field work - generally involving the "obtaining of rare antiquities". After the war, he finished his studies in linguistics (he speaks a total of 27 languages!) and archeology, and begun to travel all over the world in order to find precious historical objects and return them to different museums.