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Giles Jacob
Giles Jacob (1686 – 8 May 1744) was a British legal writer whose works included a well-received law dictionary that became the most popular and widespread law dictionary in the newly independent United States.〔Levy, Leonard. "Origins of the Fifth Amendment and its Critics", Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 854 (1997).〕〔McDowell, Gary. ''(The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism )'', p. 172 (2010).〕 Jacob was the leading legal writer of his era, according to the Yale Law Library.〔Greenwood, Ryan. ("The Taussig Collection: Giles Jacob" ) (January 8, 2014).〕
The literary works of Giles Jacob did not fare as well as his legal ones, and he feuded with the poet Alexander Pope both publicly and in literary form. Pope named Jacob as one of the dunces in his 1728 ''Dunciad'', referring to Jacob as "the blunderbuss of the law". Jacob is remembered well for his legal writing, though not so much for his poetry and plays.〔
==Early life==
Giles was born in Romsey, Hampshire, and was baptized on 22 November 1686.〔Kilburn, Matthew. "Giles Jacob" in Matthew, H.C.G. and Brian Harrison, eds. ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' vol. 29, 546–7. London: Oxford UP, 2004.〕 Among eight children, Giles was the only son of Henry and Susannah Jacob. Henry Jacob was a maltster who lived until 1735.〔
Giles Jacob appears to have trained at the law in some manner, and was a secretary to Sir William Blathwayt. Working for Blathwayt, he engaged in litigation and dispensation, probably in manorial courts.〔
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