Jacob Bigelow

Jacob Bigelow
BornFebruary 27, 1787
DiedJanuary 10, 1879(1879-01-10) (aged 91)
Burial placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Education
Known forArchitect of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Notable workFlorula Bostoniensis
American Medical Botany
ChildrenHenry Jacob Bigelow
8th President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In office
1846–1863
Preceded byJohn Pickering
Succeeded byAsa Gray
Zingiber officinale Plate 98 from Illustrations of Medical Botany
Jacob Bigelow grave at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Jacob Bigelow (February 27, 1787[1] – January 10, 1879) was an American physician, botanist and botanical illustrator. He was architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts (in which he is interred), husband to Mary Scollay, and the father of physician Henry Jacob Bigelow. The standard author abbreviation Bigelow is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

  1. ^ "Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879. Botanical illustrations by Jacob Bigelow, 1813-1819: A Guide". Harvard University Library. Archives, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Herbaria.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Bigelow.