Elizabeth Jacobs (anthropologist)

Elizabeth Derr Jacobs
Born
Elizabeth Louise Derr

1903
DiedMay 21, 1983
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationAnthropologist
Known forNehalem Tillamook culture
SpouseMelville Jacobs

Elizabeth Derr Jacobs (1903 – May 21, 1983) was an anthropologist specializing in the native cultures of the Pacific Northwest. She is known particularly for her work on the Nehalem Tillamook, the northernmost subgroup of the Tillamook, whom she studied in the 1930s. She then turned away from anthropology to pursue a career as a psychotherapist, returning to anthropology after her retirement in 1975.