# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-jenks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:15:09.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-jenks"
name: "Edward Jenks"
slug: "edward-jenks"
description: "Edward Jenks, FBA (1861–1939) was an English jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history. Born on 20 February 1861 in Lambeth, London, to Robert Jenks, upholsterer, and his wife Frances Sarah, née Jones, he was educated at Dulwich College (1874–77) and King's College, Cambridge, where he was scholar (1886) and, in 1889-95, fellow. He graduated B.A., LL.B. in 1886, and M.A. in 1890. He was awarded the Le Bas Prize and the Thirlwall Prize and was chancellor's medallist. In 1887 he was called to the Bar and for the next two years lectured at Pembroke and Jesus colleges, Cambridge."
tagline: "British legal scholar (1861-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Jenks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1861-02-20"
deathDate: "1939-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward Jenks"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Jenks"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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