Jacocks, William Picard, 1877-1965

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Physician, native of Bertie County, N.C.

From the description of William Picard Jacocks papers, 1910-1965. WorldCat record id: 24527358

William Picard Jacocks (1877-1965), native of Bertie County, N.C., was a physician. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MD), and Johns Hopkins University (Doctor of Public Health). After 1914, Jacocks was associated with the Rockefeller Foundation and spent much of his career in Asia, including India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), working on eradicating hookworm infections and other health issues. He retired in 1942 and moved back to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was active in alumni affairs and family genealogy research.

From the guide to the William Picard Jacocks Papers, ., 1910-1965, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

From the guide to the William Picard Jacocks Photographic Collection, circa 1950s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.)

William Picard Jacocks, native of Bertie County, N.C., was a physician. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MD), and Johns Hopkins University (Doctor of Public Health). After 1914, Jacocks was associated with the Rockefeller Foundation and spent much of his career in Asia, including India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), working on eradicating hookworm infections and other health issues. He retired in 1942 and moved back to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was active in alumni affairs and family genealogy research.

From the description of William Picard Jacocks photographic collection, circa 1950s. WorldCat record id: 747234531

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creatorOf Jacocks, William Picard, 1877-1965. William Picard Jacocks photographic collection, circa 1950s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Medley, Mary Louise. [Scrapbook of North Carolina Society of County Historians] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Jacocks, William Picard, 1877-1965,. [Koran] : manuscript. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Jacocks, William Picard, 1877-1965. William Picard Jacocks papers, 1910-1965. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf William Picard Jacocks Papers, ., 1910-1965 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf William Picard Jacocks Photographic Collection, circa 1950s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
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Bertie County (N.C.)
Orange County (N.C.)
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Dare County (N.C.)
Hyde County (N.C.)
North Carolina
Perquimans County (N.C.)
Brunswick County (N.C.)
India
Sri Lanka
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
North Carolina
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Birth 1877

Death 1965

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