Early Years
Born in Baltimore, Jencks spent his childhood in New England. His father was the pianist and composer Gardner Jencks. Jencks first received his BA in English Literature at Harvard University in 1961, later gaining an MA in architecture from the Graduate School of Design in 1965. In the mid-sixties Jencks moved to the United Kingdom where he has houses in Scotland and London, where he lived with his late wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. He took his studies even further in 1970, receiving his PhD in Architectural History from University College, London. He has lived in the UK ever since.
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