Geraint H. Jenkins

Geraint Huw Jenkins, FBA, FLSW (24 January 1946 – 7 January 2025) was born in Penparcau, a village outside Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Mid Wales. He was an academic historian who specialised in the history of Wales. Jenkins married author Ann Ffrancon, with whom he had three daughters, Gwenno, Angharad and Rhiannon. From 1990 to 1993 Jenkins was Professor of Welsh History at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. In 1993 he became Director of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Jenkins retired from academia in 2009 and was appointed Emeritus professor of Welsh History at the University of Wales. In 2010 he was one of the founding fellows of the Learned Society of Wales. Jenkins wrote many essays and over thirty books on many subjects and was the general editor of the series A social history of the Welsh language.