Sir Hilary Jenkinson | |
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![]() Hilary Jenkinson, 1949 | |
Born | Streatham, London, England | 1 November 1882
Died | 5 March 1961 London, England | (aged 78)
Resting place | Horsham, Sussex |
Nationality | British |
Education | Dulwich College |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Archivist |
Spouse | Alice Violet |
Parent | William Wilberforce Jenkinson Alice Leigh Bedale |
Sir Charles Hilary Jenkinson CBE FSA FRHistS (1 November 1882 – 5 March 1961)[1] was a British archivist and archival theorist, regarded as the figure most responsible for bringing continental European concepts of archival theory to the English-speaking world.