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'''Thornwell Jacobs''' ([[February 15]], [[1877]]– [[August 4]], [[1956]]) was an [[United States|American]] academic. |
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|birth_place = Clinton, South Carolina |
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|known_for = educator, "time capsule" |
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|death_date = 4 August 1956 |
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|death_place = Clinton, South Carolina]]. |
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|occupation = Presbyterian minister, author, educator, business executive |
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|parents = William Plumer Jacobs<br /> |
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Mary Jane (Dillard) |
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'''Thornwell Jacobs''' (1877-1956) was an educator, author, and a Presbyterian minister. <ref name="hudson1"> {{cite web|url= http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/2006/Authors/paul-stephen-hudson.html|title= Article on Paul Stephen Hudson|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref> |
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==Early Life== |
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Jacobs was born in [[Clinton]], South Carolina, February 15, 1877, at the Thornwell Orphanage.<ref name="was"> Who Was Who, p. 443</ref><ref name="georgia1"> {{cite web|url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-874 |title= The New Georgia Encyclopedia|accessdate= 2008-07-05}}</ref> The orphanage was founded by his parents Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and Mary Jane (Dillard) Jacobs. |
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Jacobs learned the printing trade while he was still quite young. Later he earned the [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree and [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|Master of Arts]] degree from South Carolina's Presbyterian College in 1895, also founded by his father.<ref name="was"/><ref name="georgia1"/> He also graduated from [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] in New Jersey in 1899.<ref name="was"/><ref name="georgia1"/> |
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==Adult life== |
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Jacobs served as a Presbyterian [[pastorate]] in [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]] at the Presbyterian Church from 1900-1903. He then worked in advertising in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], until 1905. After this time Jacobs began institutional support for the Thornwell Orphanage.<ref name="georgia1"/> |
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==Career== |
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Jacobs is noted for revitalizuing and rebuilting the [[antebellum]] college of [[Oglethorpe University]]. He becam its president on January 21, 1915. Jacobs continued in that position for nearly three decades.<ref name="hudson1"/> Oglethorpe University was chartered a Presbyterian institution in 1835 and named after [[James Edward Oglethorpe]], the founder of the colony of Georgia.<ref name="georgia3"> {{cite web|url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1450|title= The New Georgia Encyclopedia - Education - Oglethorpe University|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref> It had been shut down during the [[American Civil War]] and did not successfully reopen until Jacobs intervened.<ref name="georgia1"/> |
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==Other== |
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In 1922 Jacobs rediscovered the burial place of General James Edward Oglethorpe in [[Cranham]], England.<ref name="hudson1"/> |
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===Crypt of Civilization=== |
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Jacobs originated the [[Crypt of Civilization]] time capsule at Oglethorpe University. It was sealed off with steel doors in 1940.<ref name="hudson1"/><ref name="georgia1"/> According to the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] it is the first successful attempt to do this. It identifies the Crypt as ''the first successful attempt to bury a record of this culture for any future inhabitants or visitors to the planet Earth.'' <ref>Guinness Book of World Records 1990.</ref> |
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Jacobs initially planned and designed the [[Crypt of Civilization]] storage space to preserve information of early 20th century in 1935.<ref name="borrowed2"/> He discussed this proposal in an article in [[Scientific American]] (November 1936 issue) because he was struck by the dearth of information on the ancient civilizations.<ref name="georgia5"> {{cite web|url= http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/history_of_the_crypt.asp|title= History of the Crypt of Civilization|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref> Jacobs wrote of a unique plan to present a "running story" of life and customs. He wanted to show the accumulated knowledge of mankind up until his time.<ref name="georgia5"/> |
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The Crypt was sealed on May 28,1940. It is intended to be opened May 28, 8113 [[Common Era|C.E.]]. Jacobs is known as the "father of the modern time capsule."<ref name="georgia2"> {{cite web|url= http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/international_time_capsule_society.asp|title= Oglethorpe University - International Time Capsule Society|accessdate= 2008-07-05}}</ref><ref name="cultural"> {{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=xEN7oW2J3acC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=Jacobs+is+known+as+the+%22father+of+the+modern+time+capsule.%22&source=web&ots=iv5oMbdqOS&sig=-aUX7j0iybDjmMtvM2EyqdmHqIU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA232,M1|title= Jarvis, page 232|accessdate= 2008-07-05}}</ref> At the time Jacobs' project was named a "time bomb".<ref name="borrowed2"/> [[George Edward Pendray]] is the person responsible for coining the term ''[[time capsule]]''.<ref name="borrowed2"> {{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=xEN7oW2J3acC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22time+capsule%22+1939+New+York+World's+Fair+Pendray+%22borrowed%22+Jacobs.&source=web&ots=iv5oNafuVO&sig=BGU24SXzaeiPsiwCeOv9HuRRI48&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA155,M1|title= Jarvis, p. 155|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref><ref name="papers"> {{cite web|url= http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/eadGetDoc.xq?id=/ead/mudd/publicpolicy/MC105.EAD.xml|title= Princeton University Library - G. Edward Pendray Papers, 1829-1981 (bulk 1923-1971)|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref><ref>''New York Times,'' August 19, 1938, page 21</ref> Pendray is also the one responsible for the [[Westinghouse Time Capsules|Westinghouse time capsule]] that was buried in 1938 for the [[1939 New York World's Fair]].<ref name="georgia5"/> Pendray "borrowed" the original idea from Jacobs.<ref name="borrow1"> {{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=xEN7oW2J3acC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22time+capsule%22+1939+New+York+World's+Fair+Pendray+%22borrowed%22+Jacobs.&source=web&ots=iv5oNafuVO&sig=BGU24SXzaeiPsiwCeOv9HuRRI48&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA153,M1|title= Jarvis, p. 153|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref><ref name="borrow4"> {{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=xEN7oW2J3acC&pg=PA153&vq=borrowed&dq=%22time+capsule%22+1939+New+York+World's+Fair+Pendray+%22borrowed%22+Jacobs.&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=ACfU3U21dSs03QQ-exZAuFcAB6JIaQJZuQ#PPA155,M1|title= Jarvis, p. 155|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref><ref name="borrow3"> {{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=xEN7oW2J3acC&pg=PA153&vq=borrowed&dq=%22time+capsule%22+1939+New+York+World's+Fair+Pendray+%22borrowed%22+Jacobs.&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=ACfU3U21dSs03QQ-exZAuFcAB6JIaQJZuQ#PPA156,M1|title= Jarvis, p. 156|accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref> |
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The date of 8113 [[Common Era|C.E.]] was calculated by Jacobs from the first fixed date in history, 4241 [[Common Era|B.C.E.]] This is the time that most historians believe was when the Egyptian calendar was established. The Crypt's projected intended opening is in exactly 6177 years.<ref name="hudson1"/> This is the amount of years between 4241 B.C.E. and 1936 C.E. Jacobs projected the same period of time forward from 1936 C.E. giving this opening date of 8113.<ref name="georgia2"/> |
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==Death== |
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Jacobs died August 4, 1956. He is buried at the First Presbyterian Church cemetery in [[Clinton, South Carolina]].<ref name="was"/><ref name="georgia1"/> |
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==Works== |
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* ''Sinful Saddy'' (1907) |
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* ''The Law of the White Circle'' (1908), a [[novella]]. |
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* ''Midnight Mummer (poems) (1911) |
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* ''The Oglethorpe Story (1916) |
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* ''Life of William Plumer Jacobs'' (1918) |
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* ''New Science and the Old Religion'' (1927) |
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* ''Islands of the Blest'' (poems) (1928) |
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* ''Oglethorpe Book of Georgia Verse'' (1930) |
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* ''Diary of William Plumber Jacobs'' (1937) |
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* ''William Plumber Jacobs Memorabilla'' ((1942) |
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* ''Red lanters on St. Michael's'' (1940) |
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* ''Story of Christmas'' (1941) |
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* ''Drums of Doomsday'' (1941) |
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* ''Step down, Dr. Jacobs'' (1945) |
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==References== |
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===Bibliography=== |
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* ''Who Was Who in America,'' Volume 3, 1951-1960. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1966 |
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* Jarvis, William E., ''Time Capsules: A Cultural History'', McFarland 2002, ISBN 0-7864126-1-5 |
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{{Persondata |
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|NAME = Thornwell Jacobs |
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|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Dr. Jacobs |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Refounder of Oglethorpe University |
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|DATE OF BIRTH = 15 February 1877 |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH = Clinton, South Carolina |
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|DATE OF DEATH = 4 August 1956 |
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|PLACE OF DEATH = Atlanta, Georgia |
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}} |
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He is the refounder and president of [[Oglethorpe University]], where he made the [[Crypt of Civilization]] time capsule, which was sealed off with steel doors in [[1940]] (enlisted in [[Guinness Book of Records]] as the first successful attempt to do this). |
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Revision as of 22:49, 28 June 2008
Thornwell Jacobs | |
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| Born | 15 February 1877 Clinton, South Carolina |
| Died | 4 August 1956 Clinton, South Carolina]]. |
| Occupation(s) | Presbyterian minister, author, educator, business executive |
| Known for | educator, "time capsule" |
| Parent(s) | William Plumer Jacobs Mary Jane (Dillard) |
Thornwell Jacobs (1877-1956) was an educator, author, and a Presbyterian minister. [1]
Early Life
Jacobs was born in Clinton, South Carolina, February 15, 1877, at the Thornwell Orphanage.[2][3] The orphanage was founded by his parents Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and Mary Jane (Dillard) Jacobs.
Jacobs learned the printing trade while he was still quite young. Later he earned the Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree from South Carolina's Presbyterian College in 1895, also founded by his father.[2][3] He also graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey in 1899.[2][3]
Adult life
Jacobs served as a Presbyterian pastorate in Morganton at the Presbyterian Church from 1900-1903. He then worked in advertising in Nashville, Tennessee, until 1905. After this time Jacobs began institutional support for the Thornwell Orphanage.[3]
Career
Jacobs is noted for revitalizuing and rebuilting the antebellum college of Oglethorpe University. He becam its president on January 21, 1915. Jacobs continued in that position for nearly three decades.[1] Oglethorpe University was chartered a Presbyterian institution in 1835 and named after James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia.[4] It had been shut down during the American Civil War and did not successfully reopen until Jacobs intervened.[3]
Other
In 1922 Jacobs rediscovered the burial place of General James Edward Oglethorpe in Cranham, England.[1]
Crypt of Civilization
Jacobs originated the Crypt of Civilization time capsule at Oglethorpe University. It was sealed off with steel doors in 1940.[1][3] According to the Guinness Book of World Records it is the first successful attempt to do this. It identifies the Crypt as the first successful attempt to bury a record of this culture for any future inhabitants or visitors to the planet Earth. [5]
Jacobs initially planned and designed the Crypt of Civilization storage space to preserve information of early 20th century in 1935.[6] He discussed this proposal in an article in Scientific American (November 1936 issue) because he was struck by the dearth of information on the ancient civilizations.[7] Jacobs wrote of a unique plan to present a "running story" of life and customs. He wanted to show the accumulated knowledge of mankind up until his time.[7]
The Crypt was sealed on May 28,1940. It is intended to be opened May 28, 8113 C.E.. Jacobs is known as the "father of the modern time capsule."[8][9] At the time Jacobs' project was named a "time bomb".[6] George Edward Pendray is the person responsible for coining the term time capsule.[6][10][11] Pendray is also the one responsible for the Westinghouse time capsule that was buried in 1938 for the 1939 New York World's Fair.[7] Pendray "borrowed" the original idea from Jacobs.[12][13][14]
The date of 8113 C.E. was calculated by Jacobs from the first fixed date in history, 4241 B.C.E. This is the time that most historians believe was when the Egyptian calendar was established. The Crypt's projected intended opening is in exactly 6177 years.[1] This is the amount of years between 4241 B.C.E. and 1936 C.E. Jacobs projected the same period of time forward from 1936 C.E. giving this opening date of 8113.[8]
Death
Jacobs died August 4, 1956. He is buried at the First Presbyterian Church cemetery in Clinton, South Carolina.[2][3]
Works
- Sinful Saddy (1907)
- The Law of the White Circle (1908), a novella.
- Midnight Mummer (poems) (1911)
- The Oglethorpe Story (1916)
- Life of William Plumer Jacobs (1918)
- New Science and the Old Religion (1927)
- Islands of the Blest (poems) (1928)
- Oglethorpe Book of Georgia Verse (1930)
- Diary of William Plumber Jacobs (1937)
- William Plumber Jacobs Memorabilla ((1942)
- Red lanters on St. Michael's (1940)
- Story of Christmas (1941)
- Drums of Doomsday (1941)
- Step down, Dr. Jacobs (1945)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Article on Paul Stephen Hudson". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ a b c d Who Was Who, p. 443
- ^ a b c d e f g "The New Georgia Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "The New Georgia Encyclopedia - Education - Oglethorpe University". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ Guinness Book of World Records 1990.
- ^ a b c "Jarvis, p. 155". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ a b c "History of the Crypt of Civilization". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ a b "Oglethorpe University - International Time Capsule Society". Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Jarvis, page 232". Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Princeton University Library - G. Edward Pendray Papers, 1829-1981 (bulk 1923-1971)". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ New York Times, August 19, 1938, page 21
- ^ "Jarvis, p. 153". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ "Jarvis, p. 155". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ "Jarvis, p. 156". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
Bibliography
- Who Was Who in America, Volume 3, 1951-1960. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1966
- Jarvis, William E., Time Capsules: A Cultural History, McFarland 2002, ISBN 0-7864126-1-5