Romilly James Heald Jenkins (1907 – 30 September 1969) was a British scholar in

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and

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. He occupied the prestigious seat of '' Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature'' at

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, in 1946–1960.

Life

Jenkins was born in

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. He studied Classics at school, and then went to

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as a student in the

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, from 1933 to 1936. There he served as assistant director, and since 1936 as a member of the Board of the Managing Committee; 1948 he was named a trustee, and from 1951 to 1958 he served as Chairman of the Managing Committee. From 1936 to 1946 he was ''Lewis Gibson Lecturer in Modern Greek'' at the

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. During

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he served with the British Foreign Service. In 1946 he was appointed ''Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature'' at King’s College London, as well as ''Honorary Lecturer in Classical Archaeology''. Since 1960 until his death he was ''Professor of Byzantine History and Literature'' at the

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institute.

Writings

* ''Dedalica. A study of Dorian plastic art in the seventh century B.C.'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1936. * ''Dionysius Solomos, the First Major Modern Greek Poet.'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1940. Reprint: Denise Harvey & Company, Athens, 1981. * ''The Byzantine Empire on the Eve of the Crusades''. Published for the Historical Association by Philip, ondon 1953. * ''

Richard MacGillivray Dawkins Richard MacGillivray Dawkins FBA (24 October 1871 – 4 May 1955) was a British archaeologist. He was associated with the British School at Athens, of which he was Director between 1906 and 1913. Early life He was the son of Rear-Admiral ...

, 1871–1955'', in: Proceedings of the British Academy 41 (1955) pp. 373–88. * ''The Dilessi Murders: Greek Brigands and English Hostages''. Longmans, London, 1961. Reprint: Prion, London, 1998, . * ''The Hellenistic origins of Byzantine literature''. Washington DC, 1963. *
Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD 610–1071
'. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1966. Reprint: Medieval Academy of America 1987, * Constantine Porphyrogenitus: ''De Administrando Imperio''. Ed.

Gyula Moravcsik Gyula (Julius) Moravcsik (Budapest, 29 January 1892 – Budapest, 10 December 1972), who usually wrote just as Gy. Moravcsik, was a Hungarian professor of Greek philology and Byzantine history who in 1967 was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Science ...

, transl. Romilly James Heald Jenkins. Budapest 1949; 2nd Ed., Washington, DC, 1968, reprinted 2008, . Croatian edition: Konstantin Porfirogenet, ''O upravljanju carstvom'', prijevod i komentari Nikola pl. Tomašić (hrvatski), R. omillyJ.

ames Ames may refer to: Places United States * Ames, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas * Ames, Colorado * Ames, Illinois * Ames, Indiana * Ames, Iowa, the most populous city bearing this name * Ames, Kansas * Ames, Nebraska * Ames, New York * Ames, Ok ...

H. ealdJenkins (engleski), priređivač grčkog izvornika Gyula Moravcsik, Zagreb: Dom i svijet (Biblioteka Povjesnica), 2003. . * ''Studies on Byzantine history of the 9th and 10th centuries''. Variorum Reprints, London, 1970, .

Sources

Cyril Mango Cyril Alexander Mango (14 April 1928 – 8 February 2021) was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is celebrated as one of the leading Byzantinists of the 20th century. Mango was Koraes Professor ...

: ''Romilly James Heald Jenkins. (1907–1969).'' In: ''

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.'' 23/24, 1969/1970, , pp. 7–13. * ''Obituary.'' In: ''

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'', 9 October 1969.

External links

Jenkins as Assistant Director of the BSA
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