Jacob
Jacob ♂ Biblical name, from Hebrew
Yaakov. This was borne by perhaps the most important of all the patriarchs in the Book of Genesis. Jacob was the father of twelve sons, who gave their names to the twelve tribes of Israel. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Esau. According to the story in Genesis, he was the cunning younger twin, who persuaded his brother Esau to part with his right to his inheritance in exchange for a bowl of soup (‘a mess of pottage’). Later, he tricked his blind and dying father into blessing him in place of Esau. The derivation of the name has been much discussed. It is traditionally explained as being derived from Hebrew
akev ‘heel’ and to have meant ‘heel grabber’, because when Jacob was born ‘his hand took hold of Esau's heel’ (Genesis 25:26). This is interpreted later in the Bible as ‘supplanter’ Esau himself remarks, ‘Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times’ (Genesis 27:36).
Jacob is especially common as a Jewish given name, although it also became very popular among the Puritans from the 16th century onwards, and has again been widely used since the 1990s. Compare
James.
Cognates: Welsh:
Iago. German:
Jakob. Dutch:
Jakob,
Jaap. Scandinavian:
Jakob. French:
Jacques. Spanish, Portuguese:
Jacob,
Jacobo. Italian:
Giacobbe. Russian:
Yakov. Polish:
Jakub. Czech:
Jakub. Croatian:
Jakov. Finnish:
Jaakko. Hungarian:
Jákob.
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TIMES PAST: SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING HAS HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 12/24/2002; 312 words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING HAS HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED SIR Alexander Fleming, the Ayrshire man who discovered penicillin, poses for a portrait commissioned by the New York Academy of Sciences. The father of modern medicine made the monumental discovery...
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Scots penicillin pioneer 'invisible' in his home town; Life-saver: Sir Alexander Fleming.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...the lives of millions. Until Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, most serious...it could do more to recognise Fleming. EastAyrshire councillor Bobby...Theinventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) has...
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Breaking the mould; Modest pioneer: Penicillin discoverer Sir Alexander Fleming described his fame as a 'myth'.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...penicillin was discovered by a Scot, Alexander Fleming, was it firstpatented in the...was madeby Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928, but its development...came more than a decade later. Fleming was modest about his part in...
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TIMES PAST: SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, NEW YORK
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 8/9/2002; 277 words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, NEW YORK TWO years ago, MSPs were asked to name the greatest...Labour Party founder Keir Hardie, they voted for Professor Sir Alexander Fleming, the Nobel Prize-winning discoverer of penicillin. His accidental...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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The great creator; Teesside's answer to Sir Alexander Fleming has created the perfect medicine for companies involved in the extraction of deep-water oil as JEZ DAVISON discoverer Interview of the Week.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 3/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...Profiler instrument believes that if consumers had rejected the idea of penicillin and the telephone, Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Alexander Graham Bell would never have carved their niche in history. And because of that, Peter claims the best...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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1000 years.. 1000 people; IT'S THE ULTIMATE AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LIST OF THE MILLENNIUM: 1000 PEOPLE WHO, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, HAVE CHANGED HISTORY IN THE PAST 1000 YEARS. IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, BUT OF ALL THE CONTENDERS, WE FINALLY PUT THE DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN, SCOTSMAN SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, ON TOP .. BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM SO MANY OF US WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TO GREET THE NEW MILLENNIUM.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/1/2000; 700+ words
; 1 Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish...centre of the universe 18 Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727...Italian physicist 23. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of...Michelangelo, Italian painter 32. Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1955: Alexander Fleming Dies
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/12/2005; 317 words
; ...Tribune 03-12-2005 LONDON: Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, died suddenly today [March...bed at his Chelsea home. Lady Fleming, a Greek war heroine and scientist...bacteria from an aluminum wire. Sir Alexander identified the mold as belonging...
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Great Scottish Scientists: Number 2: Alexander Fleming Ayrshire son of the soil who broke the mould to discover penicillin
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the world. Florey, Chain and Fleming shared the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945 but it was Fleming - by then Sir Alexander - who became the international...unassuming man - who spoke of the "Fleming myth" - had a song dedicated...
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THE FAMILY WHO WERE HAPPY TO BE FLEMING'S GUINEA PIGS
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 10/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING frequently used his family...in 1995 a sample that Fleming originally gave to his...000. Another, which Fleming gave to Scottish gynaecologist...in 1997 for 14,950. Sir Alexander, born in Lochfield, Ayrshire...
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Cure found for Fleming's ailing legacy
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 11/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...discovery. But now the notebooks of Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scot who discovered penicillin...Wainwright has spent years studying Fleming's notebooks, which are held...this scotches the idea that Sir Alexander Fleming was some idle dilettante...
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Alexander Fleming The Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) is best known for his discovery of penicillin, which has been hailed as "the greatest contribution medical science ever made to humanity." Alexander Fleming...
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Fleming, Sir Alexander
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Fleming, Sir Alexander (1881–1955) Scottish bacteriologist...discoverer of penicillin . In 1922, Fleming discovered lysozyme, a natural antibacterial...research on staphylococci in 1928, Fleming noticed that a mould, identified as...
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Fleming, Alexander
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Fleming, Alexander ( b . Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland...England, 11 March 1955) bacteriology . Sir Alexander Fleming ’ s professional career...Descended from Lowland farmers, Alexander was the third of four children born...
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Sir Sandford Fleming
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) was a Scottish...imperial, and public causes. Sandford Fleming was born on Jan. 7, 1827, at...s Conservative administration to Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal regime. Fleming...
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Nobel Prizes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...egrave;ne Joliot-Curie Sir James Chadwick Hans Spemann...Anderson V. F. Hess Sir Henry H. Dale Otto Loewi...Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Sir Walter N. Haworth Paul...Virtanen Wolfgang Pauli Sir Alexander Fleming E. B. Chain Sir Howard...
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