# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:34:28.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-jenkins"
name: "Edward Jenkins"
slug: "edward-jenkins"
description: "John Edward Jenkins, known as Edward Jenkins or J. Edward Jenkins, was a barrister, author and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was best known as an author of satirical novels, and also served as the Agent-General of Canada, encouraging emigration to the new Dominion. He contested several parliamentary elections, but won only one, and sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1880."
tagline: "British politician (1838-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Jenkins_Vanity_Fair_1878-08-31.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1838-07-02"
deathDate: "1910-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.74
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           3.735961333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ادوارد جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenkins"
    title: "Edward Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenkins_(MP)"
    title: "Edward Jenkins (MP)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Дженкинс, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump