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England, founder of Pawtucket, R.I. He at- tended school at Soutlibridge, Mass., 1825-32, and in Charlotte county, Va., where he was fitted for college, and studied natural history, as illus- trated in the wild animal life in the Virginia woods, 1832-34. He was graduated from Brown university, A.B., 1838, A.M., 18- 41, and went to Americus, Ga., where he taught school one year. He then re- moved to Washing- ton, Ga., and preach- ed there as assistant to Dr. Mercer until 1842, when he became principal of Pierce academy, Middle- boro, Mass., where he remained until 1871. He was also zoologist to the Boston Horti- cultural society, 1858-60; curator of the museum, Brown university, 1871-72; director of the museum of natural history, Brown university, 1872-94; lecturer on special branches of agricul- ture, 1872-74; professor of zoology and agricul- ture, 1874-75; of agricultural zoology, 1875-94, and professor emeritus in 1894. He was an extensive traveller in the interest of science, and was the first naturalist to explore the Everglades of Florida and the region around Lake Okee- chobee. He spent his winters at " Oak Lodge," on the east coast of Florida, 1886-93. He gave to the Jenks Museum of Zoology, Brown univer- sity, over 100,000 specimens, and to Pierce academy, in 1871, his collection of birds. He is the author of: Hunting in Florida (1874); Four- teen Weeks in Zoology (1876), revised as Popular Zoology, a text-book for high schools (1886). He died in the museum of Brown university, Pro%'- idence, R.I., Sept. 26, 1894.

JENKS, Joseph William, orientalist, was born in Batli, Maine, Nov. 23, 1808; son of the Rev. William Jenks, and seventh in descent from Josepli Jenks, of Lynn, Mass. He was graduated from Amherst in 1829, and was appointed chaplain and professor of mathematics on board the Concord, commanded by Commodore M. C. Perry. He resigned his commission to study the oriental languages among the natives; was a student at the Royal Scliool of Languages, Paris, and ac- quired a thorough knowledge of oriental and modern languages. On his return to the United States he was elected a member of the American Oriental societj'. He assisted in preparing the revised edition of the Comprehensive Commentary on ihe Bible, edited by his father, 1843-50; was

principal of a young ladies' scliool in Boston, 1850— ")'3; was made a professor of languages in Urbaiia universit}', Ohio, in 18.52, and later removed to Illinois. wIkmc lie (^'stablished the first agricultural paper puldislied in that .state. He edited Rund Poetry of the English Language (1850), and c"ontril)uted to general literature. He died in Newtonville, Mass., June 7. 1884.

JENKS, Phoebe Ann Pickering (Hoyt), artist, was lioiii in rortsnuiulh, N.H.. July 28. 1847. Slie married, in 1860. Lewis E. Jenks. and studied art in Boston from 1873 to 1878. She a'-quired es- pecial distinction as a painter of portraits of women and children, and her more noteworthy works in(^lude; Portrait groups of Mrs. William Slater and child; Mrs. William Roelkerand child; Mrs. Frank Sayles and two children, and por- traits of the two children of Augustus Thorndike.

JENKS, Tudor, editor and author, was born in Brooklyn. N.Y.. ]\lay 7, 1857. He was graduated at Yale in 1^78. and at Columbi:i Law School in 1880. He married, Oct. 5. 18S!2, IMary Donnison Ford. He studied art in Paris, and practised law in New York, and became a member of the staff of St. Nicholas in 1887. He is the author of Imagi- nations; The Boys' Book of Explorations (1900); Goldpoff (1902); Gypsy (1902); and magazine articles.

JENKS, William, clergj-man, was born in Newton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1778; son of Samuel and Mary (Haynes) Jenks; grandson of John Jenks, and a descendant of Joseph Jenks. of Lynn, ]\Iass. He was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1797, A.M., 1800. He was a reader in Christ church, Cam- bridge, Mass.; later was licensed to preach by the Boston association, and was ordained over the First Congregational church, Bath, Maine, Dec. 26, 1805. Throughout the war of 1812 he was chaplain of a Bath regiment. He was a professor of Hebrew and English literature at Bowdoin college, 1812-16. In 1818 he instituted special meetings for seamen in Boston, Mass., and opened the first free chapel for seamen on Cen- tral wharf, which was the basis of the Missionary society. He was the founder and minister of a church in Green street, Boston, 1826-45, and a member of the Massachusetts Historical society; the American Philosophical society; the Amer- ican Oriental society, of which he was a founder; the American Antiquarian Societj' of Worces- ter, Mass., and an honorary member of the New England Historic Genealogical society from its foundation in 1845. Bowdoin college conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1825, and that of LL.D. in 1862. He also received the degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1842. He is the author of: Commentary on the Bible (1834); Explanatory Bible Atlas and Scriptvre Gazetteer (1849). He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 13, 1866.