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Geraint H. Jenkins

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Geraint H. Jenkins

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-01-24 (Penparcau, Aberystwyth)
Died
2025-01-07 age 78
Nationality
United Kingdom, Wales
Languages
English, Welsh
Residence History
Aberystwyth → Swansea

Career

Occupations
Historian, Academic, Professor of Welsh History
Active Years
1968-2025
Affiliations
University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University
Memberships
Board of Celtic Studies, University of Wales
Influenced By
Glanmor Williams
Influenced
Researchers of Iolo Morganwg

Education

Grammar school, Aberystwyth
General
Period: 幼少期
Country: United Kingdom
Attended in Aberystwyth
University College of Wales, Swansea
History
Degree: 学士
Period: 1960年代
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: United Kingdom
Undergraduate studies
Swansea University
Welsh History
Degree: PhD
Period: 1967-1974
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: United Kingdom
Supervised by Glanmor Williams

Awards

Fellow of the British Academy
2002
Organization: British Academy
Result: 受賞
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
2010
Category: 創設フェロー
Organization: Learned Society of Wales
Result: 受賞
Doctor of Letters
1994
Organization: University of Wales
Result: 受賞
Welsh Arts Council Prize
1989
Work: Hanes Cymru yn Cyfnod Modern Cynnar
Organization: Welsh Arts Council
Result: 受賞
Welsh Arts Council Prize
1991
Work: Cadw Tŷ mewn Cwmwl Tystion
Organization: Welsh Arts Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Foundations of Modern Wales: Wales 1642–1780

1987 History

Part of the Oxford History of Wales covering the foundations of modern Wales from 1642 to 1780.

Welsh historyModernization

A Concise History of Wales

2007 History

A comprehensive yet concise history of Wales.

Welsh history

A Rattleskull Genius: The Many Faces of Iolo Morganwg

2005 Biography

Editing and analysis of Iolo Morganwg's papers, exploring his many faces.

Iolo MorganwgRomanticism

Bibliography

  • The Foundations of Modern Wales: Wales 1642–1780
  • A Social History of the Welsh Language
  • The Correspondence of Iolo Morganwg
  • A Concise History of Wales
  • Hanes Cymru yn Cyfnod Modern Cynnar

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyDetailed archival analysis
Recurring Motifs
Welsh language18th-century Wales

Legacy

Prominent historian of Wales, specializing in 18th-century Wales and Iolo Morganwg. Long-time academic at University of Wales institutions with extensive publications.

Trivia

  • Often confused with J. Geraint Jenkins, a maritime historian.