About Claude Jenkins
Lived 1877 – 1959 (aged 81–82). Claude Jenkins was a theologian and anglican priest.
Claude Jenkins (1877–1959) was an Anglican clergyman, theologian and historian.
Biography He became Canon of Christ Church and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford University in 1934. He was Lambeth Librarian from 1910 until 1952.
He was famous for collecting books, having an estimated 30,000 at the time of his death:
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Who was Claude Jenkins?
British theologian and historian
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Claude Jenkins was born in 1877.
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Claude Jenkins died in 1959.
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Claude Jenkins was a theologian and anglican priest.
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