Henry Barton Jacobs

Henry Barton Jacobs (June 2, 1858 – December 18, 1939) was a physician and educator from Maryland. He taught at Johns Hopkins University and served as a trustee of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Peabody Institute later in life. He married Mary Frick Garrett, art collector and widow of a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president.

Early life Henry Barton Jacobs was born on June 2, 1858, in South Scituate, Massachusetts, to Frances Almira (née Ford) and Richmond Jacobs. He studied at Hingham High School in Hingham. Jacobs graduated from Harvard University in 1883 with a Bachelor of Arts and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1887 with a Doctor of Medicine. He worked as an assistant in botany at Harvard from 1884 to 1885. He was a direct descendant of Peregrine White and William Cushing. He interned at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston under Reginald H. Fitz from 1887 to 1888.

Career Jacobs left Massachusetts General Hospital in spring of 1888. He then became a physician at the Boston Dispensary and started a general medical practice at 8 Hancock Street in Boston. He was a member of the board of managers of the Maryland State Tuberculosis. He was secretary of the National Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis from 1904 to 1920. He also served as director. Jacobs was a member of the International Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis. He was friends and neighbors with William Osler. Jacobs had a villa in Newport, Rhode Island. The home was named "Whiteholme" and was designed by John Russell Pope.

Legacy Jacobs donated his collection of medical books, medallions, engravings and a room to house the collection to Johns Hopkins University in 1932. It also included a collection of writings of René Laennec.