Jacobi
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Abraham, 1830–1919, U.S. pediatrician, born in Germany.
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Karl Gustav Jakob 1804–51, German mathematician.
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Mary Corinna (Putnam), 1842–1906, U.S. physician (wife of Abraham Jacobi).
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Sir Derek ( George ). born 1938, British actor
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Karl Gustav Jacob (karl ˈɡʊstaf ˈjaːkɔp). 1804–51, German mathematician. Independently of N. H. Abel, he discovered elliptic functions (1829). He also made important contributions to the study of determinants and differential equations
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“Even a child could clear a dinner table,” said Goldberg, who is also chief scientist at Ambi Robotics and Jacobi Robotics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
Zhao adapted the book in partnership with O'Farrell, and the film also stars Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn and Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Jacobi had volunteered to help bring Kirk to campus.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
It was an enormous and intimidating cast — Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Eileen Atkins, Charles Dance, Derek Jacobi, to name a few — but that didn’t faze Altman.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Jacobi was showing me how to add CCs to my six-step.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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