About Edward Jacob
Lived 1796 – 1841 (aged 44–45). Edward Jacob was a British barrister and writer.
Edward Jacob (c. 1795–1841) was an English barrister and legal writer.
Life The son of William Jacob, he was educated at Westminster School. He graduated with a BA in 1816 at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, as senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman. He was subsequently elected Fellow of his college, proceeded MA in 1819, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on 28 June of that year.
Jacob practised in the chancery court, and was appointed a King's Counsel on 27 December 1834. He died on 15 December 1841.
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