Francis H. Jenks
Francis Henry Jenks was a 19th-century theater critic in Boston whose work appeared in the Boston Globe, The Boston [Daily Advertiser], The Boston Courier and The Boston [Evening Transcript] newspapers, The New England magazine, Grove [Dictionary of Music and Musicians], and other publications.
Jenks was music and dramatic editor of The Boston Evening Transcript from 1881 to 1894.
Jenks donated a number of theater-related items to the collection of the Boston Athenæum.