Background
Jacoby, Harold was born on March 4, 1865 in New York, United States. Son of Max and Eve M. (Jackson) Jacoby.
Jacoby, Harold was born on March 4, 1865 in New York, United States. Son of Max and Eve M. (Jackson) Jacoby.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1885, Doctor of Philosophy, 1895.
He applied himself to astronomical research, and was appointed assistant astronomer United States eclipse expedition to West Africa (1889-1890). He became professor of astronomy at Columbia University in 1894, and chaired the department until shortly before his death. Columbia"s Rutherfurd Observatory was started during his tenure, with a twelve inch Clarke refractor telescope and a transit instrument emplaced atop Pupin Hall.
Jacoby made many observations of celestial events such as lunar and solar eclipses.
He published Practical Talks by an Astronomer (1891, 1902), Astronomy: A Popular Handbook (1913) and Navigation (1917).
He was well known in Europe and America, and was a member of a large number of scientific groups.
Married Annie Maclear, December 28, 1890. Children: Maclear, Eve (Mistress Edward Terhune Van de Water).
