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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Jacob
	First Name(s)	William Stephen
	Year of Birth	1813
	Year of Death	1862
	Entry	Son of the Rev. Stephen Long Jacob, and brother of John Jacob {q.v.) : born Nov. 19, 1813 : educated at Addiscombe and Chatham : joined the Bombay Engineers, 1831 : established a private observatory at Poona, 1842 : left the service as Captain in 1845, to devote himself to science : was Director of the Madras Observatory, 1848-59 : and for three years at Poona Observatory, of which he procured the establishment : he was F.R.A.S., 1849 : made a number of scientific astronomical observations, and wrote papers on meteorology and astronomy : died at Poona, Aug. 16, 1862.

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