Walter Abraham Jacobs

{{Short description|American chemist (1883 – 1967)}}

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|name = Walter A. Jacobs

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|caption = Walter Abraham Jacobs

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|12|24}}

|birth_place = New York, U.S.

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|nationality = American

|death_date = {{death date and age|1967|7|12|1883|12|24}}

|death_place = {{nowrap|Los Angeles, California, U.S.}}

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|alma_mater = University of Berlin 1907

|doctoral_advisor = Hermann Emil Fischer

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|known_for = Gould-Jacobs reaction

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Walter Abraham Jacobs (December 24, 1883{{spaced ndash}}July 12, 1967) was an American chemist who discovered the Gould-Jacobs reaction. Much of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York City.{{cite web|last1=Elderfield|first1=Robert C.|title=Walter Abraham Jacobs 1883—1967 A Biographical Memoir|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/jacobs-walter.pdf|website=NAS Online|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|date=1980|access-date=January 13, 2015}}