Henry Jacob ca.1608-1652
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Henry JACOB ca.1608-52
Biographical Note
Lecturer in Philology at Oxford; amanuensis to John Selden.
Books
A brief inventory of his goods made in 1653 (transcribed and edited as PLRE 166) shows he had a library of ca.370 books, though these are not listed by title.
Sources
- R. Nicholson, Henry Jacob, in R. Fehrenbach and J. Black (eds), Private Libraries in Renaissance England 7 (2009), 281-285.
- Wright, Stephen. "Jacob, Henry (c. 1608–1652), philologist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.