Jacob Bigelow

Jacob Bigelow
Born	February 27, 1787 Sudbury, Massachusetts
Died	January 10, 1879(1879-01-10) (aged 91) Boston, Massachusetts
Burial place	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Education	Harvard College, A.B. (1806) University of Pennsylvania, M.D. (1810)
Known for	Architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Notable work	Florula Bostoniensis American Medical Botany
Children	Henry Jacob Bigelow
8th President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In office 1846–1863
Preceded by	John Pickering
Succeeded by	Asa Gray

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]