Jacob Schumacher was an architect and engineer who later served as a United States diplomat. Jacob Friedrich Schumacher was born in Tübingen (April 16, 1825)

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and emigrated 1848 to the United States where he resided in

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, since 1851 in

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. He later emigrated to

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as a member of the "Tempelgesellschaft" (The Temple Society), arriving in 1869. He was instrumental in working for the German

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in the Holy Land and planning the

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. He was an architect and engineer and served as the U.S consular agent in

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from 1872 to 1891. He died on September 7, 1891.Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: Maps of the Holy Land
/ref> Jacob Schumacher was the father of

Gottlieb Schumacher Gottlieb Schumacher (21 November 1857 – 26 November 1925) was an United States, American-born civil engineer, architecture, architect and archaeology, archaeologist of Germans, German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeol ...

, architect and archaeologist.

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American diplomats German emigrants to the United States People from Tübingen People from Zanesville, Ohio Templers (Pietist sect) 19th-century German architects 1825 births 1891 deaths {{US-diplomat-stub