Frank Jenkins

Education

Evans was educated at Cyfarthfa Grammar School, Street David"s College, Lampeter, Jesus College, Oxford and Street Michael"s College, Llandaff.

Career

He was ordained deacon in 1950 and priest in 1951. After a curacy in Llangeinor he was a minor canon at Llandaff Cathedral from 1953 to 1960. He was Vicar of Abertillery from 1960 to 1964, and then of Risca until his appointment as dean

Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 28 January 1976.

Pg. 16; Issue 59613

Crockford"s Clerical Directory 1975-1976 p 511: London, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1976 X

"Jenkins, Very Review Frank Graham", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015.

Online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014. Online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 April 2015.

Achievements

• He was a founder, and the first captain of the Ottawa Hockey Club (Ottawa HC) of 1883. He was also the founder in 1894 of Ottawa's first full-size orchestra, the Ottawa Amateur Orchestral Society. The Ottawa HC would play in the inaugural season of 1887, a season of challenges between teams, allowing the winner to be the current champion, with the final winner of the season considered Canadian champion. The club would help found the Ontario Hockey Association in 1890, and was its first champion in the years 1890 to 1893.

• Jenkins was known for his skill as a classic 3-finger style banjo player, but he was also an accomplished fiddle player, winning prizes at many fiddle contests.

Connections

teacher:

Dorothy Jenkins