Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights". He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

Joseph Jacobs (disambiguation)

Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) was a folklorist, literary critic and historian.

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Joseph J. Jacobs

Joseph J. Jacobs (1916–2004) was an American chemical engineer who founded Jacobs Engineering Group, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world. He earned degrees in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Jacobs is also a Hoover Medal recipient.

Early life

Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1916. His father was a Lebanese immigrant who sold straight razors. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School.Jacobs worked various jobs to pay for his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and taught college while he earned his master's degree and doctorate in that field, 1939 and 1942, respectively.

As a young engineer, he worked for Merck & Co. to develop mass production of penicillin.

Jacobs Engineering

After World War II, he moved to California, intending to go into business himself.

In 1947, he opened a one-man consulting engineering business in Pasadena, California, where he and his wife made their home. Through both internal growth and external acquisitions, this grew into Jacobs Engineering Group, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world.