Jia Bo

American-born Australian academic (1943–2019)

Jia Bo
Jeffrey Bruce Jacobs (19 September 1943 – 24 November 2019) was an American-born Australian orientalist who specialized in Taiwan studies. He taught at La Trobe University before joining the faculty at Monash University as professor of Asian languages and studies, where he was granted emeritus status upon retirement. In Taiwan, he was known as Chia Po (Chinese: 家博; pinyin: jiābó), a simplified transliteration of his surname, or by the nickname Big Beard (大鬍子; dà hú zi). Life and career. J. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Bruce_Jacobs

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