Edward Jenks
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Edward Jenks was a jurist and noted writer on law and its place in history.
He was a brilliant law student at King's College, Cambridge
and was placed first in the law tripos
of 1886. He was called to the bar
in 1887.
He held many seats: Director of Studies in Law and History at Jesus College, Cambridge
1888-9, Dean at the faculty of law University of Melbourne
1890, University College, Liverpool 1890-92 then later to 1895 at Victoria University of Manchester
, reader of English at University of Oxford
from 1896, and then at the University of London
from 1928.
Jenks was a Fellow of the British Academy. He was a founder of the Society of Public Teachers of Law
and its secretary 1909-1917.
He married first in 1890 to Annie Ingham, who died after giving birth to a son; the son would die fighing in the Great War. His second marriage in 1898 was to Dorothy Maud, a daughter of Sir William Bower Forwood
, with whom he had a daughter, and a son Jorian Jenks
.
Jenks wrote a number of books and essarys dealing with law, politics and history. He was an editor of A Digest of English Civil Law (1905–1917) which led to receipt of an honorary doctorate from Paris.
Edward Jenks is most famous for his iconoclastic essay The Myth of Magna Carta published in the Independent Review
in 1904.
He was a brilliant law student at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
and was placed first in the law tripos
Tripos
The University of Cambridge, England, divides the different kinds of honours bachelor's degree by Tripos , plural Triposes. The word has an obscure etymology, but may be traced to the three-legged stool candidates once used to sit on when taking oral examinations...
of 1886. He was called to the bar
Call to the bar
The Call to the Bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party, and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar"...
in 1887.
He held many seats: Director of Studies in Law and History at Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
1888-9, Dean at the faculty of law University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
1890, University College, Liverpool 1890-92 then later to 1895 at Victoria University of Manchester
Victoria University of Manchester
The Victoria University of Manchester was a university in Manchester, England. On 1 October 2004 it merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to form a new entity, "The University of Manchester".-1851 - 1951:The University was founded in 1851 as Owens College,...
, reader of English at University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
from 1896, and then at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
from 1928.
Jenks was a Fellow of the British Academy. He was a founder of the Society of Public Teachers of Law
The Society of Legal Scholars
The Society of Legal Scholars is the learned society for those who teach law in a university or similar institution or who are otherwise engaged in legal scholarship. As of February 2009 the Society had over 3,000 members consisting of academic and practising lawyers in a wide variety of subject...
and its secretary 1909-1917.
He married first in 1890 to Annie Ingham, who died after giving birth to a son; the son would die fighing in the Great War. His second marriage in 1898 was to Dorothy Maud, a daughter of Sir William Bower Forwood
William Bower Forwood
Sir William Bower Forwood was an English merchant, shipowner and politician. He was a wealthy businessman and a local politician in Liverpool who raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and business:Forwood was born in Edge Hill,...
, with whom he had a daughter, and a son Jorian Jenks
Jorian Jenks
Jorian Edward Forwood Jenks was an English farmer, environmentalism pioneer and fascist. He has been described as "one of the most dominant figures in the development of the organic movement".-Early life:...
.
Jenks wrote a number of books and essarys dealing with law, politics and history. He was an editor of A Digest of English Civil Law (1905–1917) which led to receipt of an honorary doctorate from Paris.
Edward Jenks is most famous for his iconoclastic essay The Myth of Magna Carta published in the Independent Review
Independent Review
Several magazines, journals, and newspapers have used this title, some of which are:*Independent Review , a now defunct progressive English journal founded, in part, by the historian G.M. Trevelyan in London. Edward Jenks was editor, and members of its editorial board included Trevelyan, G. Lowes...
in 1904.
Partial Bibliography
- The Government of Victoria (Australia) (1891)
- The History of the Doctrine of Consideration in English Law (1892) (Yorke PrizeYorke PrizeThe Yorke Prize is awarded annually by the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge for an essay of between 30,000 and 100,000 words on a legal subject, including the history, analysis, administration and reform of law....
essay 1891) - A History of Politics 4th edition (1910)
- A Short History Of The English Law, 1st edition (1912)
- Law and Politics in the Middle Ages 2nd edition (1913)
- An Outline of English Local Government 5th edition (1921)
- Edward Plantagenet (Edward I) : The English Justinian or the making of the common law (1923)
- A Short History of English Law 5th edition (1934)
- The State and the Nation revised edition (1935)
- The Book of English Law 4th edition (1936)
- The Government of the British Empire 5th edition (1937)