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Roy Jenkins
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British politician (1920–2003)
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Roy Jenkins (1920–2003) was a British politician, historian, writer, and biographer. Born in Abersychan, he served as President of the European Commission, Home Secretary, Shadow Home Secretary, and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. A member of the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party, and Liberal Democrats, he was educated at Cardiff University and Balliol College. Jenkins served in the British Army during World War II and worked in London. He died of a myocardial infarction in East Hendred.
Jenkins received the Charlemagne Prize, Wolfson History Prize, Order of Merit, and an honorary doctorate. He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His written works include *Gladstone, A Biography* and *Sir Charles Dilke: an examination of the evidence given at the two trials of the Crawford divorce case*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Sir Charles Dilke : an examination of the evidence given at the two trials of the Crawford divorce case
- Gladstone, A Biography
- Mr. Balfour's Poodle peers v. people
- Asqiuth
- Dirt Bike Ike 3
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-09-01
- Active to
- 1993-06-05
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 102
- Total plays
- 671
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 163
- Cited by
- 301
Research areas
Most cited works
- Sir Charles Dilke : a Victorian tragedy1958 · 77 cit
- Churchill: A Biography2002 · 38 cit
- Gladstone: A Biography1996 · 24 cit
- The labour case1959 · 19 cit
- Community Europe today1967 · 10 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,547x
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 16,051x
- The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.
· 1995 · cited 14,839x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,130x
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Key facts
- Vice chancellor
- The Lord Neill of Bladen Sir Richard Southwood Sir Peter North Sir Colin Lucas
- Preceded by
- Harold Macmillan
- Succeeded by
- Chris Patten
- Prime minister
- Harold Wilson James Callaghan
- Chief secretary
- Jack Diamond
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornRoy Harris Jenkins (1920-11-11)11 November 1920 Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died5 January 2003(2003-01-05) (aged 82) East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England
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