William Franklin Jenkins

William Franklin Jenkins (September 7, 1876 – December 4, 1961) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1936 to 1948, and chief justice from 1947 to 1948.[1]

Born in Webster County, Georgia, Jenkins attended the public schools of Eatonton, Georgia and the University of Virginia. He received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1896, and entered into the practice of law with his father in Putnam County, Georgia.[2] He served on the Georgia Court of Appeals from 1916 to 1936, and was thereafter appointed to the state supreme court.[2]

An avid reader of classics, Jenkins was a proponent of the Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship (that the plays of William Shakespeare were actually written by Christopher Marlowe).[2]