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Joe Jenkins (scholar)
Joseph or Joe Jenkins may refer to: * Joseph Jenkins (diarist) (1818–1898), Welsh-Australian diarist * Joseph Jenkins (pastor) (1859–1929), Calvinistic Methodist preacher * Joe Clint Jenkins (1895–1959), American politician * Joseph John Jenkins (1811–1885), English engraver and watercolour painter * Joseph Wiley Jenkins (1901–1950), African-American pharmacist, resident of Jenkins House (West Palm Beach, Florida) * Joseph Willcox Jenkins (1928–2014), American composer, professor of music, and musician * Joe Jenkins (baseball) (1890–1974), American baseball player * Joe Jenkins (dancer), American dancer * Joe Jenkins (rugby union), Anglo-Welsh rugby union player * Joe Jenkins (scholar), Kahlil Gibran scholar {{hndis, name=Jenkins, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jenkins (diarist)
Joseph Jenkins (27 February 1818 – 26 September 1898), was an educated tenant farmer from Tregaron, Ceredigion, mid-Wales who, when aged over 50, suddenly deserted his home and large family to seek his fortune in Australia. The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' says that "Jenkins's noteworthiness stemmed from the rich documentation of his experiences and thoughts that has survived". He was a consistent Personal journal, diarist for 58 years of his life and an award-winning poet, under the bardic name of Amnon II. He achieved fame posthumously from publication of some excerpts of his Australian writings. The compiler, his grandson Dr William Evans (cardiologist), William Evans, a Harley Street Cardiology, cardiologist, coined the title ''Diary of a Welsh Swagman''Evans, William ''Diary of a Welsh Swagman'' (Macmillan, Melbourne 1975, reprinted by Sun Books 1977– ) by which name he is familiar to generations of Victoria (Australia), Victoria school students for whom the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jenkins (pastor)
Joseph Jenkins (2 November 1859 – 27 April 1929) was a Calvinistic Methodists, Calvinistic Methodist preacher, known as a progenitor of the 1904-1905 Welsh revival, a Christian revival in which, the BBC says, "a hundred thousand people had made a new commitment." A strong personality, Jenkins affected many church communities as a preacher, his contemporaries saying he resembled a volcano — "sometimes lifeless and sometimes in full eruption." Background and childhood Jenkins was born to Mary and John Jenkins on 2 November 1859. John was a miner at the local Cwmystwyth Mines, Cwmystwyth lead mine, where the life expectancy for miners was just 32 years, due to the toxic effects of Lead poisoning, lead exposure. Jenkins trained to be a draper in his youth, taking an apprenticeship to John Lloyd, in Pentre, Rhondda. He became a member of Nazareth Chapel, a Welsh-speaking Calvinistic Methodist faith community, where he began to preach. He was educated at William James's school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Clint Jenkins
Joe Clint Jenkins (February 15, 1895 – April 26, 1959) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives. Life and career Jenkins was born in Kentucky. He was an attorney. In 1939, Jenkins was elected to the Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the C ..., serving until 1948. Jenkins died on April 26, 1959, at the age of 64. References 1895 births 1959 deaths Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Florida Legislature {{Florida-FLRepresentative-Democratic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph John Jenkins
Joseph John Jenkins (1811 – 9 March 1885) was a British engraver and watercolor painter. He is best known for his portraits and landscapes paintings. Life Joseph Jenkins was born in London in 1811. He was the son of an engraver, who trained him as an engraver. He later abandoned engraving for watercolor painting, focusing on domestic subjects and landscapes. In 1842, Jenkins was elected an associate of the New Water Colour Society and became a member in 1843. He exhibited fifty-seven drawings at their exhibitions in Pall Mall. In 1847 he left, and joined the Old Watercolour Society; he was elected an associate in 1849, and a full member in 1850. He was its secretary for ten years, from 13 February 1854, and first introduced special private views of its exhibitions for members of the press. He also contributed to exhibitions, sending 271 drawings in all. Some of his drawings were engraved. In 1884 Jenkins resigned his membership of the society, and died unmarried on 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins House (West Palm Beach, Florida)
The Jenkins House, at 815 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lag ..., was built in 1946 and was the home of pharmacist Joseph Wiley Jenkins and his family. The city of West Palm Beach acquired it in 1966. It 1989 it became the Artists Showcase of the Palm Beaches, a venue, according to its web site, "to showcase multicultural artists of color and their talents". References External links * {{Official website, http://www.artistshowcase.org Tourist attractions in Palm Beach County, Florida Art museums and galleries in Florida Buildings and structures in West Palm Beach, Florida African-American arts organizations African-American history of Florida African-American tourist attractions in Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Joseph Willcox Jenkins (15 February 1928 – 31 January 2014) was an American composer, professor of music, and musician. During his military service in the Korean War, he became the first arranger for the United States Army Chorus. He ended his teaching career as Professor Emeritus at the Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University, where he had been a professor since 1961, and composed over 200 works. Early life and military service By the age of six, Jenkins had already begun piano lessons; soon afterward, he started composing small pieces in elementary school. In high school, he wrote numerous arrangements as well as some original works for orchestra. In 1946, Jenkins began his tertiary studies at Saint Joseph's University (then St. Joseph's College) in Philadelphia, where he focused on pre-law with the ambition of becoming a lawyer. At the same time, he studied composition and counterpoint with Vincent Persichetti at the Philadelphia Conservatory (which became pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jenkins (baseball)
Joseph Daniel Jenkins (October 12, 1890 – June 21, 1974) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1914 and the Chicago White Sox in 1917 and 1919. Jenkins was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and made his major league debut on April 30, 1914. He played 19 games with the Browns that year, hitting .125 in 32 at-bats. In 1917, with the White Sox, Jenkins hit .111 in nine at-bats. In 1919, his final season, he hit .158 in 19 at-bats. He played his final game on September 27 of that year. Jenkins did not appear in either the 1917 or 1919 World Series for the White Sox. Overall, Jenkins played three seasons in the big leagues, hitting .133 in 40 games (60 at-bats). He had two doubles, one triple, and three RBI. Though his big league career was over after 1919, Jenkins toiled in the minor leagues until 1930, when he was 39 years old. He spent seven of those years in the Pacific Coast League. In 1923, with the Salt Lake City Bees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jenkins (dancer)
Joe Jenkins was an American dancer who moved to Australia and appeared in a number of TV plays. He was a rare black actor who played lead roles in Australian film industry at the time. He was the first black actor to play a lead role in an Australian TV drama. Jenkins came to Australia with the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and decided to stay. He made his acting debut in ''The Square Ring''. Select filmography *'' Rita'' (1959) - TV opera *''Make Outs Music'' (1959) - variety *''Cafe Continental'' *'' The BP Super Show'' (1959) - variety show, guest star *'' The Square Ring'' (1960) *'' The Emperor Jones'' (1960) *'' The Two Headed Eagle'' (1960) *'' The End Begins'' (1961) *'' Call Me a Liar'' (1961) *'' Just Barbara'' (1961) and ''Chez Barbara'' - variety show starring Barbara Virgil - Jenkins was a regular performer References External linksJoe Jenkinsat AusstageJoe Jenkinsat IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jenkins (rugby Union)
Joe Jenkins (born 13 October 2003) is an Anglo-Welsh professional rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Bristol Bears. Early life Born in Halifax, Jenkins was brought up near Chepstow and attended Monmouth School for Boys, where he served as deputy head boy. He played rugby union at Hereford RFC from under-nine to under-16 level and also represented Newport Schools. Club career He signed a professional contract with Bristol Bears in June 2022. In October 2022, he made his professional debut in the Premiership Rugby Cup, scoring a brace of tries on debut against Exeter Chiefs. Jenkins became Bristol's youngest ever starter in the Rugby Premiership when he made his league debut as an 18-year-old against Saracens in November 2022. He went on to make four Premiership appearances during the 2023-2024 season, and also featured in European competition for the club. He suffered misfortune with injury and played on loan at Rugby Championship side Cornish Pirates in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jenkins (scholar)
Joseph or Joe Jenkins may refer to: * Joseph Jenkins (diarist) (1818–1898), Welsh-Australian diarist * Joseph Jenkins (pastor) (1859–1929), Calvinistic Methodist preacher * Joe Clint Jenkins (1895–1959), American politician * Joseph John Jenkins (1811–1885), English engraver and watercolour painter * Joseph Wiley Jenkins (1901–1950), African-American pharmacist, resident of Jenkins House (West Palm Beach, Florida) * Joseph Willcox Jenkins (1928–2014), American composer, professor of music, and musician * Joe Jenkins (baseball) (1890–1974), American baseball player * Joe Jenkins (dancer), American dancer * Joe Jenkins (rugby union), Anglo-Welsh rugby union player * Joe Jenkins (scholar), Kahlil Gibran scholar {{hndis, name=Jenkins, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
