Herbert George Jenkins

Born in 1876, Herbert George Jenkins was a British writer, journalist, and publisher. He is especially associated with the popular Bindle stories, humorous novels centered on Joseph Bindle, a genial, observant working-class Londoner who became his most famous fictional creation.

Jenkins also played an important part in publishing. He founded Herbert Jenkins Ltd, and the firm became well known for publishing many of P. G. Wodehouse's novels. Before running his own company, he worked in journalism and spent years in the publishing trade, experience that clearly shaped both his business life and his writing.

He died on June 8, 1923. Although he is less famous now than some of the writers he published, his reputation has lasted through the enduring appeal of the Bindle books and his place in early 20th-century British literary life.