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JACKSON, ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS
Prof. Indo-Iranian languages Columbia Univ .; orient- alist; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 9, 1862; s. David Sherwood Jackson and Elizabeth Sandford (Williams) Jackson; d. Dr. A. V. Williams, well-known physician of N. Y. City; ed. private and public sehs. N. Y. City; grad. at head of ciass in Columbia Coll., A.B., 1880; received prize fellowship in letters at Columbia, held it for three years (1883-1886); instr. Anglo-Saxon and Ira- nian language, Columbia, 1886-1887; student Univ. of Halle, Germany, 1887-1889, devoting sp'l attention to Oriental languages as well as to Anglo-Saxon; m. 1st. June 25, 1889. Dora Elizabeth Ritter, of Yonkers (died Nov. 15, 1909); 2d, Feb. 28, 1911, Kate Brigham, of Savannah, Ga. Instr. 1889,-1891; adjunct prof. English language and literature, 1891-1895; appt'd, 1895, to fill newly founded chair as prof. Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia, which still holds, Also public lecturer on subjects relating to Orient and English literature. Traveled in East for purposes of study and research; visited India and Ceylon, 1901, receiving sp'l attention from community of Parsis, and made extensive jour- neys through Persia and Central Asia, 1903, 1907, and again in 1910, for archicological investigations, the results of which have since been published. Author: A Hymn of Zoroaster, 1888 (Stuttgart); An Avesta Reader, 1893; Zoroaster. The Prophet of Ancient Iran, 1898; Die Iranische Religion, 1900-1904 (Strassburg) ; Persia, Past and Present. 1906; From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam, 1911; A Catalogue of the A. S. Cochran Collection of Persian Manuscripts in Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. (prepared in collaboration with Abraham Yohannan); also varions Tranian and Sanskrit studies in learned journals at home and abroad; also edited a History of India, 9 vols., 1905-1907, and Columbia Indo-Iranian Series, 8 vols., 1902-1913. Episcopalian. Mem. Columbia Univ. Alumni 'Ass'n, Psi Upsilon fraternity, Royal Asiatic Soc. of Great Britain and Treland. Am. Philos. Ass'n, founded by Benjamin Franklin. Mason. Trustee B'd of Ed'n, Yonkers, 1898-1909; corr. sec. and dir. Am. Oriental Soc., of which has been an active mem. since graduation from coll. Club: Century Ass'n. Address: 668 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
JACKSON, CHARLES CABOT
Banker, broker; b. Boston. Mass., Sept. 22, 1843; s. Charles and Susan (Cabot) Jackson; ed. private schs. of Boston: grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1863; m. Boston, June, 1876, Frances E. Appleton; children: Charles, Robert A., Susan, George S. Mem. banking firm Jaek- son & Curtis; v .- p. and trustee Provident Inst'n for Savings; mem. Boston Stock Exchange (pres., 2 years). Independent; Unitarian. Sec. Boston Charter Ass'n; treas. Girls' Trade Ed'n League, N. E. Bov Scouts of America; formerly mem. Corp'n of Mass. Inst. of Tech- nology., Clubs: University (N. Y.). Country, Somerset (Boston). Residenec: 462 Beacon St., Boston. Address: 19 Congress St., Boston, and 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, CHARLES EBEN
Banker; b. Middletown. Conn., Jan. 25, 1849; s. Hon. Ebenezer and ITannah Saltonstall (Hubbard) Jackson; ed. private sch. Middletown; private tutors, St. Paul's Sch .. Concord, N. IT .; m. Stamford, Conn., June 12. 1873, Evelyn Quintard; children: Edward Quintard, Robert Fennviek. John Gillespic, Evelyn Quintard, Mary Ma- tilda, William Leigh Pieree. Winthrop Alsop. Engaged in mfg, banking, investments and bonds; executor and trustee of many estates. Traveled in Europe and U.
S. Pres. The Jackson Co .; v .- p. Middlesex Banking Co .; corporator Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Mass. Soc. of Cin- cinnati (meni. standing com.), Conn. Ilist. Soc., Mid- dlesex County Hist. Soc. Trustee St. Luke's Home. Indian Hill Cemetery Ass'n, Middletown, Old Burying Ground Ass'n. B'd of Trustees Berkeley Divinity Sch. Recreation: Golf. Ciubs: St. Nicholas (N. Y.), Army and Navy (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 392 Wash- ington St. Address: 163 Court St., Middletown, Conn.
N JACKSON, DANIEL DANA
Sanitary eng'r and chemist; b. Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 1, 1870; s. Daniel and Lucy Agnes (Langsford) Jackson; grad. Gloucester High Seh., Allen's English and Classical Sehool, W. Newton, Mass; Mass. Inst. Technology, B.S., 1893; M.S., N. Y. . Univ., 1908; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1902, Ella Howard Phillips; children: Daniel Dana, Jr., b. Feb. 21, 1905; Elizabeth Purdy, b. Dec. 21. 1907. Was successively chemist Boston Water Works, biologist Mass. State B3'd Health, bacteriologist Worcester, Mass., lecturer Mass. Inst. Technology, chief chemist Brooklyn Water Supply, dir. Laboratorics Dep't Water Supply, Gas and Elec- tricity, N. Y. City; now prof. sanitary eng'ring Colum- bia Univ. In general practice as sanitary eng'r and chemist and expert on water supply and sewage dis- posal. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati of Mass .; mem. advisory com. N. Y. Health Dep't and special com. on Public Health. Mem. Merchants' Ass'n Com. on Poliution of the Waters of New York. Author of numerous papers on sanitary eng'ring, chemistry and bacteriology. Democrat. Mem. Washington Club, Brooklyn. Mem. b'd dirs. Municipal Engineers of N. Y. City; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Public Health Ass'n, Am. Mieros Soe., Am. Chem. Soc, Soc. Chem. Industry, Soc. Am. Bacteriologists, Chemists Club, Prospect Heights Citizens' Ass'n. Club: Montauk. Residence: 930 President St., Brooklyn. Address: Eng'ring Build- ing, Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, EGERTON S.
Physician: b. in England; s. Jesse Egerton and Nancy N. (Lea) Jackson; ed. Trinity Univ., Toronto, Can .; grad. M.D., C.M., 1888; at Royal Infirmary, Edin- burgh, Scotland, and at lending hospitals in London, England; m. Brooklyn. N. Y., July 1, 1908, Mary Elizabeth Sedgwick. Engaged in gen. practice of medicine: now also gynecologist, N. Y. Hosp, Outdoor Dep't. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soe., N. Y. State Med. Soc ; mem. Masonic fraternity. Address: 817 West End Av., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, FRANCIS DE MILT
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. City, June 19, 1858; s. Peter TT. and Mary (Cooke) Jackson: grad. N. Y. Public Sch. No. 14; two years at Coll City of N. Y. With firm Poulson & Eger and its successor (incorporated as Tlecia Tron Works, 1897) sinee Jan. 2, 1888; now 1st v .- p. and gen. mg'r Tecla Iron Works. Pres. Village of Plandome, Long Island. N. Y. Democrat; Episco- palian. Mem. Gen. Soe., Mechanics and Tradesmen, Bld's Trades Employers' Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Hist. Soc .; mem. exec. com. and treas, The Iron League. Club: Plandome Yacht. Address: Hecla Iron Works, 118 N. 11th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JACKSON, FRANK WATTERSON
Importer and exporter; b. Pa., June 6. 1874: s. Enos Sturgis and Clara (Bailey) Jaekson; ed. Mt. Pleasant Inst., Pa., Buekneli Univ., Pa., Univ. of Chicago. M.A .; m. West Nowton, Pa., Aug. 15. 1898, Margaret Z. Markle, d. of Capt. C. C. Markle; children: Marian Markle, b. Aug., 1899; Margaret Wade, b. Oct .. 1905. Headmaster Greek language and literature. Mt. Pleas- ant Inst., 1895-1901. Appt'd by Pres. MeKinley Am. Gen. Consul to Greece, 1901, and served until 1903. mg'r Greek Currant Co., 1903; gen. agent Hellenic Translantic Steamboat Co., 1909. Pres. Abbotsford Realty Co .; gen. mg'r Greek Currant Co .; gen. agent Greek Line. Traveled extensively through Europe and Asia Minor. Mem. Archieol. Soc. of Athens (Greece). Mem. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Masonic fraternity, Circolo Nationale Italiano, Produce Ex- change. Clubs: Traffic (N. Y.). Phi Gamma Delta. Residonee: 326 W. 83d St. Address: 130 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, GEORGE HENRY
Consul; b. Natick, Mass., Feb. 28, 1863; s. James Henry and Mary Avilda (Roberts) Jackson; ed. Natick ITigh Seh., Madison (now Colgate) Unlv., Yale Univ., B.D., M.A., M.D .; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1888, Grace Lillie; children: Donald Fancher, b. 1890: Helen Doro- thea, b. 1893; Grace Marjorie, b. 1896; George Annis, b. 1900; Mary Denise, b. 1903. Med. missionary to Congo; ass't instr. Yale Med. Sch .; practising physician New Haven, Conn .; Am. Consul, Cognac, France, 1897;
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Am. Consul, LaRochelle, France 1898, reappointed at Cognac, 1908. Recreations: Tennis, golf. Address: Am. Consulate, Cognac, France.
~ JACKSON, GEORGE THOMAS
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 19, 1852; s. George T. and Letitia J. A. (Macauley) Jackson; ed. private and public schs. of N. Y. City and through the freshman class of Coll. of City of N. Y .; grad. Coll. of Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1878; mem. staff Charity Hosp., 1871-1878; post-grad, work in Berlin, Vienna and Strassburg, 1878-1880; m. Montclair, N. J., Oct. 30, 1878, Caroline G. Weidemeyer; three children. En- gaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City since 1880; is also a specialist in dermatology. Author: Diseases of Hair and Scalp, 1887; 2d edition, 1894, new edition, 1912; Ready Reference Handbook of Skin Diseases, 1892, 7th edition, 1913; also many papers in med. jour- nals. Mem, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Dermatol. Ass'n, N. Y. Dermatol. Soc., Alumni Ass'n, City Hosp. and Presby'n Hosp. Consulting der- matologist to N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children. Late prof. of dermatology in med. dep't Columbia Univ. (College of Phys. and Surgs.). Mem. Century Ass'n, Met. Museum Art, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History. Residence: 692 West End Av. Address: 11 E. 48th St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, HOLMES CONDICT
Physiological chemist and educator; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1875; s. William Holmes and Jane E. (Free- man) Jackson; ed. N. Y. public schs. and Coll. City Of N. Y. to 1890; tutored, 1892-1893; Sheffield Scientific Sch. Yale Coll., Ph.B., 1896; Ph.D., 1899; m. Newark, N. J., Dec. 18, 1901, Mary Abbie Read; children: Kathieen Condict, Audrey Read, Enid Freeman. Studied in Berne, Switzerland, and Strassburg. Ger- many, 1900-1901; instr. Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1896-1900; ass't prof. in Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coli., 1901-1905; adjunct prof. physiol, chemistry and dlr. Laboratory of Experimental Physiology in the Al- bany Med. Coll., 1905-1909. Consultant physiol. chem- ist to State B'd of Health, Albany, N. Y., 1907-1909. Returned to N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. as prof. of physiology, 1909; author of many pub- lications in scientific and med, journals and Manual of Physiological Chemistry. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Physiol. Soc .; sec. Soo. Experimental Biology and Medicine (charter mem.) Harvey Soc. of N. Y., Soc. Am. Naturalists; Fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Ass'n Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Am. Sec. Biol. Chemists, Am. Ass'n of Official Agricultural Chemists, Theta Delta Chi and Sigma Xi fraternities. Club: Yalc, Address: 338 E. 26th St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, JAMES H.
Physician; b. Petersboro, N. Y., June 11, 1841; s. James Caleb and Lucretia Edgerton (Brewster) Jack- son; received seminary ed'n, Dansville, N. Y., and grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, 1876; m. Dans- ville, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1864, Kate Johnson, of Sturbridge, Mass. Mg'r Jackson Health Resort, 1861-1895; chier of med. staff since 1876, and pres. Jackson Sanatorium Co. Succeeded father, James Caleb Jackson (founder, 1858, of famous Jackson Health Resort), as med. dir. and for 52 years has been identified with its develop- ment and great success. Was first to use the word Sanatorium in the country, and has seen the inception and complete growth of great Health Resort move- ment as related to institutional life and the practice of healing art. Editor of Laws of Life and Journal of Health. Mayor of Dansville (first Republican to hold that office). Mem. Christian Union, Livingston Co. Med. Sec .; N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Royal Arch Mason; mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Address: Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y.
JACKSON, JOHN BRINCKERHOFF
Diplomatist; b. Newark, N. J., Aug. 19, 1862; s. late F. Wolcott and late Nannie (Nye) Jackson; ed. Newark (N. J.) Acad .; grad. U. S. Navai Acad,, 1883; hon. A.M., Princeton Univ., 1896; m. Philadelphia, April 26, 1886, Florence A. Baird. Navai officer, 1879- 1886, two years served in European Squadron, Torpedo Sta. U. S. Naval Ordnance Proving Grounds, Annapolls, resigned from Navy, 1886; studied law and admitted to bar in N. Y., 1889; appt'd 2d sec. of Legation at Ber- lin, 1890, 1st sec. of Embassy at Berlin, 1894, minister from 1902 until 1913, serving in Greece, Roumania, Servia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Persia, Cuba and again in Roumania, Servia and Bulgaria. Recreations: Golf, swimming. Clubs: Army and Navy, University (N. Y.), Rittenhouse (Philadelphla), Metropolitan (Wash- ington). Address: Care of U. S. Gov't Despatch Agency, 4 Trafalgar Sq., London, Eng.
JACKSON, JOHN EDWIN
Artist; b. Nashville, Tenn., 1874; s. T. M. and Nannie (Carlton) Jackson; ed. Nat. Acad. Design and Art Students' League; won first Hallgarten prize for com- position in Acad. of Design Sch. Competition, 1899. For several years staff artist on newspapers, including Nashville American, N. Y. Sun, Mail and Express, and Journal. Now engaged principally in magazine and book illustrating. Known chiefly as illustrator and painter of people and streets of N. Y. City. Pic- tures appear frequently in the leading magazines Regular exhibitor at the N. Y. Water Color Club. Also has exhibited at Soc. of Am. Artists, Phila., Acad. Fine Arts, etc. Address: 207 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, JOHN GILLESPIE
Lawyer; b. Middletown, Conn., Feb. 12, 1880; & Charles E. and Evelyn (Quintard) Jackson; grad. Co- lumbia Univ., A.B., 1901, LL.B., 1903; m. Poughkeepsie, 1908, Grace Jewett Bunce. Engaged in gen. practice of law since 1903. Mcm. firm Taylor, Jackson & Brophy, since 1911. Enlisted Dec. 23, 1903, in Co. K, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., honorably discharged, 1908. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union, St. Anthony, Columbia Univ., Englewood Country, Delta Psi. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
JACKSON, KATE JOHNSON
Physician; b. Sturbridge, Mass., 1841; d. Emerson and Hannah (Arnold) Johnson; ed. Hartford (Conn.) High Sch .; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of N. Y. In- firmary, 1877; m. 1864, Dr. James H. Jackson; one son, James Arthur. One of mn'g physicians Jackson Health Resort, Dansville, N. Y. Address: Dansvlile, Livingston Co., N. Y.
JACKSON, LAMBERT LINCOLN
Educator; b. Binghamton, N. Y., April 14, 1870; ed. in Binghamton, N. Y., and Janesville (Wls.) High Sch .; State Normal Sch., Cortland, N. Y .; grad. classical course, 1891, Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1897, A.M., 1899; Mich. Normal Coll., B.Pd., 1899; Teachers Coll., Colum- bia, Ph.D., 1906; m. Ludington, Mich., Dec. 28, 1897, Grace Ford. Ass't prof. mathematics State Normal Coll, of Mich., 1891-1900; prof. mathematics, State Nor- mal Brockport School, N. Y., 1900-1906; head of D. Appleton Co.'s Edn'l Dep't from 1906. Author: Edn'i Significance of Sixteenth Century Arithmetic (Teach- ers' Coll. Contributions); also in collaboration with Prof. J. W. A. Young of a series of Arithmetics for Grades (Appleton). Contb'r articles on mathematical topics to New Internat. Encyclopedia. Republican. Mem. Am. Math. Soc. Address: 295 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
JACKSON, LUIS
Railroad comm'r; b. Liverpool, Eng., Mar. 23, 1856;' ed. Liverpool, and two years' course in Germany. Served a five-year apprenticeship in freight business, Liverpool, Eng., came to America and secured po- sition in packing house, Chicago; subsequently did sp'l work for several railroads, Including Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, in employ of which remained until 1890; industrlal comm'r Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y, 1891-1903, Industrial Comm'r, Erie R. R., since 1903; originated and organized first Am. Rail- road industrial development dep't, 1891; contb'r to magazines and publications on transportation and politico-economic subjects. Traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Australia. Clubs: Engineers, Railroad, Union League (Chicago). Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, THEODORE F.
Lawyer; b. Rockaway, N. J., Nov. 16, 1830; s. Wili- iam and Susan D. (Halsey) Jackson; ed. public and private schs .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1861, Cornelia Burr. Admitted to bar, 1852; retired from active practice, 1890; registrar of arrears in Brooklyn, 1882-1886; city comptroller of Brooklyn, 1890-1892; dir. First Nat. Bank of Brooklyn; trustee L. I. Loan & Trust Co., Williamsburgh Trust Co .; dir. Title Ins. Co. of N. Y., Empire State Surety Co., N. Y. and East Ferry Co. (pres.), Union Ferry Co., Brooklyn Ferry Co. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., L. I. Hist. Soc .; Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Bar Asy'n of Brooklyn, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Zool. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Gardens, S. A. R., Founder's Patriots of Am., Municipai Art Soc. Clubs: Racquet, Riding, Nat. Arts (N. Y.), Brooklyn, Hamilton, Han- over (Brooklyn). Address: 10 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, WILLIAM H.
Lawyer; b. Marion, Ala., Mar. 26, 1864; s. Howell E. (U. S. Senator from Tenn., and Justice U. S. Supreme Court) and Sophic (Melioy) Jackson; grad. Harvard,
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A.B., 1885; Columbia Law Coll., Washington, D. C., LL.B., 1886; m. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1895, Caroline Dickson; one d .: Frances Helen, b. 1904. Practising law since 1886; for several years was ass't gen. solici- tor Chesapeake & Ohio R'y; judge Superior Court Of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1897-1902; now v .- p., gen. counsel and dir. of Standard Motor Construction Co. of N. J. Democrat; was Dem. nominee for Congress from 13th Cong. Dist., N. Y. City, 1906; was ass't corporation counsel, N. Y. City. Mem. Ohio Soc., Southern Soc. Recreations: Golf, swimming. Ciubs: Manhattan, Na- tionai, Democratic, Harvard, Garden City, 'Golf (Garden City, L. I.). Address: 48 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
JACKSON, WILLIAM S.
Ex-attorney-gen., State of N. Y .; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1869; s. David G. Jackson; ed. public schools of Buf- falo, Cornell Univ., A.B., Buffalo Law Sch., LL.B., 1893; married; two children. Admitted to bar, 1893, and en- gaged in practice at Buffalo; at outbreak of Spanish- Am. War was comm'd 2d lieut, in 65th Reg't, N. Y. Voi. Inf., and served until mustered out at close or war; then joined 65th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., and is bat- talion q .- m. on staff of Gen. Weich; ass't corp'n coun- sei of Buffalo, 1899-1902; second ass't dist, att'y Erie County, 1902-1905; first ass't dist, att'y, 1905-1906; at- tracted Statewide attention by vigorous prosecution of the "graveyard scandal" and other important crimi- nai cases; clected att'y-gen. of N. Y., Nov., 1906, term expired Jan. 1, 1909. Democrat. Address: Buffalo, N. Y
N JACOBI, ABRAHAM
Physician; b. Hartum, Westphalia, Germany, May 6, 1830; ed. in Gymnasium of Minden, Univs. of Greifs- wald, Göttingen and Bonn; M.D., Bonn, 1851; LL.1)., Univ. of Mich. 1898, Columbia 1900, Yale 1905, Har- vard 1906, Jefferson 1913; m. 1873, Dr. Mary C. Put- nam (died June 10, 1906). Prof. diseases of children, N. Y. Med. Coll., 1860-1865; Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ., 1865-1870; Coil. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1870- 1903; prof. emeritus since 1902. Consulting physi- cian to German Dispensary and Hosp., Women's In- firmary, Bellevue, Babies' Orthopedic and other hosps. Ex-pres. N. Y. Obstet. Soc., N. Y. Pathol. Soc., Med. Soc. County of N. Y., Med. Soc. State of N. Y., N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am. Pediatric Soc., Am. Ciimatol. Ass'n; hon. icllow of med. socs. of Wurzburg, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Buda- pest, St. Petersburg, Kiew, Vienna; Pediatric Socs. of Germany and Spain; Med. Socs. of Philadelphia, Boston, Louisville, Brooklyn, etc. Author: Dentition and Its Derangements, 1862; Treatise on Diphtheria, 1880; Therapeutics of Infancy and Chlidhood, 1896, 1000, 1903. Mugwump in politics; twice mem. Com. of Seventy. Clubs: Century, City. Address: 19 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
JACOBS, HENRY BARTON
Physician; b. S. Scituate, Mass., June 2, 1858; s. Barton Richmond and Frances Almira (Ford) Jacobs; ed. Hingham High Sch., Hingham, Mass .; Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1883; Ilar- vard Med. Sch., M.D., 1887; m. Baltimore, Md., April 2, 1902, Mary Frick Garrett. Asso. in Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, 1896-1904; dir. Colonial Trust Co., Baltimore; Academy of Music, Baltimore; South Baltimore Harbor Improvement Co. Inde- pendent; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n and other medical bodies. Pres. Hosp. for Consumptives of Maryland, Ass'n for Prevention of Tuberculosis; trustee of Johns Hopkins Hosp., Peabody Inst., Baltl- more. Clubs: Union, Grolier, Harvard (N. Y. City), Reading Room, Casino, Golf (Newport, R. I.), Mary- land, Baltimore, University (Baltimore). Residences (winter) : 11 Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Md .; (spring) Uplands, Carroli P. O., Md .; (summer) White- holme, Newport, R. I. Address: 11 Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Md.
JACOBS, JOSEPH
Author; b. Sydney, N. S. W., Australia, Aug. 29, 1854; ed. Sydney Grammar Sch. and St. John's Coll., Cam- bridge, England (senior Moralist, 1876); honorary Litt.D., Univ. of Pa., 1906. 'Engaged in journalism and literary work in England until 1900; vislted Spain, 1888; U. S., on lecturing tour, 1896; since 1900 In N. Y. City; prot. English literature and rhetoric at Jewish Theol. Seminary of America. One of editors Jewish Encyclopædia (Funk & Wagnalls) since 1900. In England was editor Jewish Year-Book, 1896-1899; Literary Year-Book, 1898-1899; was some time editor of Folk Lore, and became distinguished as authority on the migration of fables and as a collector of Fairy Tales, English Fairy Tales, 1891; Celtic Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, 1893; More Celtic Fairy Tales, 1894; Æsop's Fables, 1894; Reynard the Fox,
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1895. Edited North's Fables of Bidpai, 1887; Cacton's ASsop, 1889; Day's Daphnis and Chloe, 1890; Painter's Palace of Pleasure, 1891; Howell's Familiar Letters, 1892. Author: Studies in Jewish Statistics, 1890; Teu- nyson and In Memoriam, 1892; Jews of Angevin, Eng- land, 1893; Studies in Biblical Archeology, 1894; Sta- tistics of Jewish Population in London, 1894; Literary Studies, 1895; As Others Saw Him (Jewish Life of Christ), 1895; Sources of the History of the Jews in Spain, 1895; Jewish Ideals, 1896; Wonder Voyages, 1896; Story of Geographical Discovery, 1898. Former sec. Russo-Jewish Com .; pres. Jewish Hist. Soc., and contb'r to Athenaum, London. Address: Yonkers, N. Y.
JACOBS, JOSEPH W,
Theatrical mg'r; b. Syracuse, N. Y., July 26, 1862; ed. at Syracuse. Sec., treas., gen. mg'r and dir. Samuel S. & Lee Shubert (incorporated); sec., treas. and dir. The S. S. Shubert Amusement Co .; sec., treas. and dir. Baker Theatre Co., Casino Theatre Co., De Wolf Hopper Co., Garrick Theatre Co. (Chicago), Grand Opera House Co., Hyperion Theatre Co., Lyric Theatre Co., Majestic Theatre Co., Shubert Realty Co. Dem- ocrat. Address: Lyric Theatre, 1416 Broadway, N. Y. City:
JACOBSOHN, WILLIAM
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 1, 1870; s. Rev. Moritz and Fredericke ( Appel) Jacobsohn; ed. Grammar Sch. No. 74, N. Y. City, 1885; Coil. City of N. Y., B.S., 1890; N. Y. Univ., M.D., 1893. House physician and surgeon Randall's Island Hosps. and Infants' Hosp., N. Y. City, 1893-1894; attending physician children's dep't, Demilt Dispensary, 1894-1895; med. and sanitary insp. for Health Dep't, N. Y. City, 1895-1897; physician and surgeon N. Y. Polyclinic Sch. and Hosp. and Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1896-1904; consulting physician German Odd Fellows' Home and Orphan Asylum, N. Y. City. Physician Lebanon Hosp., Dep't for Diseases of Chil- dren. Author: Significance and Management of Fever in Children; contribution to Cellular Therapy; Diag- nosis of Small Pox in Early Stages; Nuclein in Fever and Toxemia; Antitoxin and Communicable Diseases: Tuberculosis and Childhood. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Mason. Address: 237 W. 111th St., N. Y. City.
JACOBSON, ARTHUR C.
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1872; s. John and Mary (Duggan) Jacobson, of Albany County, Dutch Colonial stock (Jacobsen); ed. public and pri- vate schools, Brooklyn, N. Y .; grad. Long Island Coll. ilosp., 1894; resident staff Brooklyn Hosp., 1894-1895; post-grad. study N. Y. Post-Grad. Sch., 1895; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 26, 1896, Ida Catherine Heinrichs; children: Mary Catherine, b. Sept. 28, 1897; Margaret Helena, b. May 30, 1900. Med. sch. insp., Dep't of Health, City of N. Y., 1899; physician Dep't of Public Charities, City of N. Y., since 1900. Edited several med. journals; author of many original articles on med. topics. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Med. Soc. County of Kings, Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Associated Physicians of Long Island, Brooklyn Soc. Internal Medicine, Alumni Ass'n Long Island Coll., Alumni Ass'n Brooklyn Hosp., N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. Episcopalian. Address: 115 Johnson St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
J JACOBUS, DAVID SCHENCK
Engineer, educator; b. Ridgefield, N. J., Jan. 20, 1862; s. Nicholas and Sarah Catherine (Carpenter) Jacobus; ed. in private schools and Stevens .Inst. of Technology, Hoboken, N. J., M.E., 1884, F.D., 1906; m. Jersey City, N. J., April 5, 1899, Laura Dinkel. In- structor, 1884-1897, prof. experimental mechanics and eng'ring physics, 1897-1906, in Stevens Ins't of Tech- nology. Since 1906 head of eng'ring dep't The Bab- cock & Wilcox Co. Was in charge, 1900-1906, of the Carnegie Laboratory of Eng'ring, built and equipped with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie for carry- ing out a course of instruction to supplement class room work by practical experiments made by the students. Is an authority on steam eng'ring and has contributed numerous papers on topics with the subject to various eng'ring s cs. Mein. Am. connected Soc. Mech. Eng'rs (v .- p. 1003-1905); fellow A.A.A.S. (v .- p. Section D, 190+); mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs (pres. 1906-1907), Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Am. Math. Soc., Franklin Inst. ( Philadelphia), Holland Soc., N. Y. City. Clubs: Engineers, N. Y. Railroad (N. Y. City). Residence: Jersey City, N. J. Address: 85 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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