Francis H. Jenks

Deceased Person

1838 – 1894

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Who was Francis H. Jenks?

Francis Henry Jenks was a 19th-century theater critic in Boston whose work appeared in the Boston Globe, The Boston Daily Advertiser, The Boston Courier and The Boston Evening Transcript newspapers, The New England magazine, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and other publications.

Jenks was music and dramatic editor of The Boston Evening Transcript from 1881 to 1894. Jenks donated a number of theater-related items to the collection of the Boston Athenæum.

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Born
Jun 2, 1838
Also known as
  • Francis Jenks
Died
Dec 9, 1894

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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