Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, 1853-1923 (librarian)
Dates
- Existence: 1853 - 1923
Biography
Francis John Henry Jenkinson (1853-1923), librarian and bibliographer, was born Forres, Moray in 1853. He was educated at Marlborough College before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in the first class of the classical tripos in 1876. Jenkinson became a fellow of Trinity in 1878 and was college lecturer in Classics from 1881 until 1889. It was at this time that he was introduced to Henry Bradshaw, the University Librarian, who would have a great influence on Jenkinson's future, both in his bibliographic work and his eventual career. Jenkinson became University Librarian in 1889. During his time as Librarian Jenkinson oversaw the gift of Lord Acton's library, the largest single collection ever received by the Library, and the donation of 140,00 hebrew fragments from the Cairo Genezah. From 1915 Jenkinson spent much time collecting literature, especially ephemera, of the war, an archive, still held in the Library and called the War Reserve Collection, which would eventually prove to be both extensive and important. He was married twice: first, on 6 July 1887, to Marian Wetton (d. 1888), fifth daughter of Champion Wetton of Joldwynds, near Gomshall, Surrey, and sister-in-law of Charles Villiers Stanford; and second, on 2 April 1902, at Crowborough to Margaret Stewart (1859–1933), daughter of Ludovick Charles Stewart. He had no children. He died on 21 September 1923 at a nursing home, The Nook, Hampstead, following an operation, and was buried at Trumpington.
Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:
A. May Osler: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1920
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
A.B. Farn: Correspondence
Correspondents include Granville Clutterbuck, Francis Jenkinson, G. Bertram Kershaw and others. Also includes some correspondence of Francis Jenkinson.
A.B. Farn: Letters
Letters written by A.B. Farn, with a few photographs.
Alan John Bayard Wace: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1918
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alexander Balloch Grosart: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1894-1896
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, with rubbings, 1920
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alexander Gordon Wynch Murray: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1913
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alexander Gordon Wynch Murray: Papers
Correspondence, fragments and drawings and bibliographical notes.
Alexander Joseph Finberg: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1917
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alfred Edward Housman: Correspondence to W. Aldis Wright and Francis Jenkinson, 1887-1917
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alfred Newton: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1889-1907
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alfred Rayney Waller: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and Charles Sayle, 1906-1922
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alfred William Pollard: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, A.G.W. Murray and A.J. Butler, 1896-1918
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Alwyn Sidney Heffer: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1921
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Arthur Christopher Moule: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1921
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Arthur Dimock: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1896
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Arthur Foster Griffith: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1918
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Arthur John Butler: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1889-1897
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Bernard Quaritch: Correspondence to S.G. Perceval, Samuel Sandars, Francis Jenkinson and George Dunn, 1885-1896
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Bernard Quaritch Ltd.: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1917-1919
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Cambridge University Library: Index to Signatures
List of autograph signatures found in books in Cambridge University Library, 168 folios. The names are arranged in alphabetical order. Most of the entries are in the hand of C.E. Sayle, with some in that of F.J.H. Jenkinson. The entries were first made in 1894. Probably few if any entries were made after 1929 and the book is not now in use.
Channell Law: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1917-1918
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Charitessi 1911
Charles Edward Keyser: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1889
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Charles Homer Haskins: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1920
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 192
- University Archives (GBR/0265) 1
- Type
- Archival Object 164
- Collection 29
- Subject
- Lectures 2
- Belgium 1
- Field names 1
- First World War (1914-1918) 1
- Grenoble 1