Leland Hamilton Jenks (April 10, 1892 – February 1, 1976) was an American economic historian, Professor of economics and sociology at Wellesley College, and Professor at Columbia University, where he taught economic history.[1] He is known for his work on the economic history of the migration of British capital[2] and of the American railroad in the 19th century.[3]

Biography

Born in Ottawa, Kansas to Wilbur Simpson Jenks and May Hamilton, Jenks received his AB at the Ottawa University in 1913 and his A.M. from the University of Kansas in 1914. In the year 1920/21 he studies at the London School of Economics, and in 1927 received his PhD from Columbia University.[4]Archived 2014-11-27 at the Wayback Machine.

In 1917 Jenks had started his academic career as instructor in history at the University of Minnesota. From 1919 to 1920 he was Assistant Professor of History and Political and Social Science at Clark College, before his year in London. Back in the States he became Associate Professor of History and Social and Economic Institutions at Amherst College. In 1926 he was appointed Professor of History at Rollins College, before moving to the Wellesley College, where in 1930 he was appointed Professor of Social Institutions.[4] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowships in 1936.

Selected publications

Articles, a selection:

References

  1. ^ Leland H. Jenks Papers - Princeton University Library
  2. ^ Arrighi, Giovanni. The long twentieth century: Money, power, and the origins of our times. Verso, 1994.
  3. ^ Fogel, Robert William. Railroads and American economic growth. Books on Demand, 1994.
  4. ^ a b "Leland Hamilton Jenks: 1936 - US & Canada Competition Humanities - Economic History," at gf.org. Accessed 15.11.2014.
  5. ^ Leland H. Jenks (1927). The Migration of British Capital to 1875. Knopf.

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