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Margaret Jacob

American historian
Person human Q43827743

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[21]
Date of birth
June 9, 1943
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
historian
Employer
The New School, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania[10][11][12]
Field of work
history of science, history of ideas, early modern period, Wikidata item, Freemasonry[5][6][7][8][9]
Educated at
Cornell University, St. Joseph's University, New York[13][14]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht, Gottschalk Prize, Watson, Helen, Miles, and Audrey Davis Prize[16][17][18][19][20]
Doctoral advisor
Henry Guerlac[15]
Described by source
American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary[24]
Family name
Jacob[22]
Given name
Margaret[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Margaret C. Jacob en Margaret Jacob en Jacob, Margaret en Jacob, Margaret C. en Margaret Candee Jacob ar مارغريت جاكوب de Margaret C. Jacob es Margaret Candee Jacob fa جاکوب، مارگارت سی.، ۱۹۴۳ - م. fi Margaret C. Jacob ru Джейкоб, Маргарет ru Маргарет Джейкоб sv Margaret C. Jacob
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000081735383
VIAF cluster ID
108641012
Library of Congress authority ID
n82063947
GND ID
128468807
BHF author ID
000063684
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12023327f
CANTIC ID
981058526997906706
DDB person (GND) ID
128468807
Databazeknih.cz author ID
93809
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
128468807
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g021hgk_
Guggenheim fellows ID
margaret-c-jacob
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IdRef ID
028387708
IxTheo authority ID
373015364
LRB contributor ID
margaret-jacob
NL CR AUT ID
jn20020716790
NLAI ID
37837
NUKAT ID
n98032766
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007263252005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199613625
National Library of Latvia ID
000179130
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810690517205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1173388
National Virtual Library of India ID
251453, 743293
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070196303
PUG authority ID
59413
Parsifal cluster ID
133811
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
40462
SHARE Catalogue author ID
171538
SVKKL authority ID
p0104689-Jacob-Margaret-C-1943
UOM ID
68421
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
28683
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058526997906706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
wt5jhw76
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/82e76ba5-8a88-422b-9d8f-f3f228fefd4e

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 4
Freemasonry, history of science, early modern period, history of ideas
Award received 3
Guggenheim Fellowship, Watson, Helen, Miles, and Audrey Davis Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht
Employer 3
University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles, The New School
Educated at 2
Cornell University, St. Joseph's University, New York
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Henry Guerlac
Family name 1
Jacob
Given name 1
Margaret
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
Teachers 1
Helmut Koenigsberger
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Summary

Margaret Jacob was born on June 9, 1943[1], in New York City[2]. She has worked as a historian[3].

FAQs

Where was Margaret Jacob born?

Margaret Jacob's place of birth was New York City[2].

What did Margaret Jacob do for work?

Margaret Jacob worked as a historian[3].

Where did Margaret Jacob go to school?

Margaret Jacob was educated at Cornell University[13] and St. Joseph's University, New York[14].

What awards did Margaret Jacob receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[16], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17], honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht[18], and Gottschalk Prize[19].

Related Entities

history of ideas history of science New York City United States University of California, Los Angeles

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . history.ucla.edu. history.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . crsl-m.org. crsl-m.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . cairn.info. cairn.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . shellsandpebbles.wordpress.com. shellsandpebbles.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . history.ucla.edu. history.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . hssonline.org. hssonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . shellsandpebbles.wordpress.com. shellsandpebbles.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . VIAF ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0104689-Jacob-Margaret-C-1943
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  2. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Occupation → historian
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    Country of citizenship → United States
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