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Charles Edward Jacob | |
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Born | |
Died | 30 January 1970 | (aged 55)
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | US |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Known for | The Voyage of the Beagle On The Origin of Species Natural selection |
Awards | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (1952) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Hydrology,Civil Engineering,well hydraulics |
Institutions | University of Utah Brigham Young University New Mexico Tech |
Academic advisors | John Stevens Henslow Adam Sedgwick |
Notable students | Mahdi Hantush |
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C.E. Jacob (3 Sept 1914 - 30 January 1970) was a noted hydrologist who contributed to the field of well hydraulics.
Early Life
editBorn Charles Edward Jacob on 3 Sept 1914 to Clarence Cecil Jacob and Florence Cordelia Johnson in Mesa, Arizona.
Academic Career
edit1965 - 1970 -- Chair of groundwater hydrology at New Mexico Tech
Contributions to well hydraulics
editJacob Solution Leaky Aquifers
Personal Life
editJacob married Thelma Gustaveson on July 8, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on January 31, 1969, in Laie, Hawaii. He died on January 30, 1970 of a sudden heart attack in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 56.
Jacob was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He served as the first president of the Socorro Branch and wrote a letter comparing the account of the Creation in Genesis with the version that appears in the Pearl of Great Price.
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