History of Springtown, (Bucks County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Henry Sylvester Jacoby, educator, was born in Springtown, Bucks county, Pa., April 8, 1857; son of Peter L. and Barbara (Shelly) Jacoby, and grandson of Benjamin and Margaret (Landis) Jacoby and of John and Mary (Snyder) Shelly. His ancestor, Abraham Shelly, came from Germany and settled in Milford, Pa. Henry studied at Carversville Normal institute, 1870-72, and at the preparatory department of Lehigh university, 1872-73, and was graduated from Lehigh university in 1877 with the degree of C.E. He was a member of the Lehigh topographical corps, second geological survey of Pennsylvania, in 1878: was transitman on gauging the Red river at Alexandria, La., and on the surveys of the Red river under an officer of a corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1878-79; was chief draughtsman in the U.S. engineer office at Memphis, Tenn., 1879-85; was bookkeeper and cashier to George W. Jones & Co., Memphis, 1885-86; instructor in civil engineering at Lehigh university, 1886-90; assistant professor of bridge engineering and graphics at Cornell university, 1890-94; was promoted associate professor in June, 1894, and served until 1900, when he was made full professor. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in August, 1887; was made a fellow in 1892; an associate of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 5, 1890, and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, August, 1894. He was married, May 18, 1880, to Laura Louise Saylor. He was one of the editors of the Journal of the Engineering Society of Lehigh University, 1887-90, and is the author of: Notes and Problems in Descriptive Geometry (1892); Outlines of Descriptive Geometry (1895-97); Text-Book on Plain Lettering (1897), and Text-Book on Roofs and Bridges, with Professor Mansfield Merriman (1890-98).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Springtown, (Bucks County) Pennsylvania

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