User:Pgabriels/C.E. Jacob
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Charles Edward Jacob | |
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 Charles Robert Darwin, aged 45 in 1854, by then working towards publication of On the Origin of Species. | |
| Born | 3 September 1914 |
| 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[edit]
Born Charles Edward Jacob on 3 Sept 1914 to Clarence Cecil Jacob and Florence Cordelia Johnson in Mesa, Arizona.
Academic Career[edit]
1965 - 1970 -- Chair of groundwater hydrology at New Mexico Tech
Contributions to well hydraulics[edit]
Jacob Solution Leaky Aquifers
Personal Life[edit]
Jacob 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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