Benjamin R. Jacobs
Benjamin R. Jacobs was born on March 15, 1879. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Benjamin R. Jacobs
Benjamin Ricardo Jacobs (March 15, 1879 – February 3, 1963) was born at the American Consulate in Lima, Peru, to Rosa Mulet Jacobs of Valparaíso, Chile, a French-Chilean, and Washington Michael Jacobs of South Carolina in the United States. Originally christened on April 5, 1879 as Ricardo Benjamin Jacobs, he later changed his name, once by reversing the order of his first and middle name, and then in some records by anglicizing the name Ricardo to Richard. His mother was the accomplished and well-educated daughter of a noted French merchant in Valparaíso. At the time of his birth, his father…