Jacobs, M. H. (Merkel Henry), 1884-1974

Dr. Merkel Henry Jacobs, zoologist, physiologist, instructor. Received his A.B, 1905 and Ph.D., 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania. After one year of post doctoral study in Berlin, Jacobs returned to the University of Pennsylvania as instructor in Zoology. In 1913 he became an Assistant Professor; and from 1923 until his retirement in 1955, he was Professor of General Physiology.

Jacobs also had a long association with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He served as an Instructor beginning in 1921. He became Associate Director, 1925-1926 and Director, 1927-1937. In 1938 he was appointed a trustee.

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