Abraham Jacobi

1830–1919 (age 89)

Physician

Biography

Abraham Jacobi brought the healing arts to those in need, practicing medicine with compassion and insight during decades of profound change in public health and scientific thought.

Now interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, he is honored for guiding countless families through illness and for the calm expertise he lent to a profession in evolution.

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David A. Bokee
1805–1860 (age 55)
Green-Wood Cemetery
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Jeremiah Johnson
1766–1852 (age 86)
Green-Wood Cemetery
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Samuel Lovett Waldo
1783–1861 (age 78)
Green-Wood Cemetery
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
1829–1869 (age 40)
Green-Wood Cemetery
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1815–1857 (age 42)
Green-Wood Cemetery
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Anson Green Phelps
1781–1853 (age 72)
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