Francis H. Jenks
American theater critic
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| Intro | American theater critic | |
| A.K.A. | Francis Henry Jenks | |
| A.K.A. | Francis Henry Jenks | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Critic Theatre critic | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 2 June 1838, Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 9 December 1894 (aged 56 years) |
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Francis Henry Jenks (June 2, 1838 – December 9, 1894) 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.