J. Bruce Jacobs | |
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 Jacobs was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star in November 2018 | |
| Born | Jeffrey Bruce Jacobs 19 September 1943 |
| Died | 24 November 2019 (aged 76) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Asian studies |
| Sub-discipline | Taiwan studies |
| Institutions | Monash University |
Jeffrey Bruce Jacobs AM (19 September 1943 – 24 November 2019) was an American-born Australian orientalist who specialized in Taiwan studies. He taught at La Trobe University before joining the faculty at Monash University as professor of Asian languages and studies, where he was granted emeritus status upon retirement. In Taiwan, he was known as Chia Po (Chinese: 家博; pinyin: jiābó), a simplified transliteration of his surname, or by the nickname Big Beard (大鬍子; dà hú zi).