Jakob Boehme
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~ German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)
Jakob Grimm
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~ the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)
Jakob Bohme
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~ German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)
Jakob Hermandszoon
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~ Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
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~ rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control