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Jacob White
Jacob White may refer to: * Jacob White (cricketer) (1764–1831), English cricketer *Jacob C. White Jr. Jacob "Jake" C. White Jr. (1837 – November 11, 1902) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. Born to a successful and influential businessman, White received the finest education afforded to African-Americans of the ... (1837–1902), American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist * Jacob K. White, American computer scientist {{hndis, White, Jacob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob White (cricketer)
Jacob Thomas White (1764 – 21 November 1831) was a professional cricketer who played for Middlesex in the late 18th century. Jacob White is known to have played in two first-class cricket matches in 1789 and 1791, both of which also featured W. White. He is further recorded in four matches playing for Brentford and Richmond in 1799 and 1800. References External sources CricketArchive record of Jacob White Further reading * G B Buckley George Bent Buckley (1885 – 26 April 1962) was an English surgeon and a celebrated cricket historian and an authority on the early days of the game. Buckley was born in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, the son of Arthur and Jane Buckley, his fath ..., ''Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket'', Cotterell, 1935 * Arthur Haygarth, ''Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826)'', Lillywhite, 1862 English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Middlesex cricketers 1764 births 1831 deaths {{England-cricket-bio-1760s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
