For the law school professor, see William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson is an American lawyer, professor, and political blogger.Jacobson is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School...

For the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see William Jacobson (United States Army).
William Jacobson (1803-1884) was Regius Professor of Divinity

Regius Professor of Divinity

The Regius Professorship of Divinity is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Oxford and at the University of Cambridge.Both chairs were founded by Henry VIII...

 at Oxford University (1848–1865) and Bishop of Chester

Bishop of Chester

The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.The diocese expands across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral...

 (1865–1884).

He married Eleanor Jane Turner, the youngest daughter of the banker Dawson Turner

Dawson Turner

Dawson Turner was an English banker, botanist and antiquary.-Life:Turner was the son of James Turner, head of the Gurney and Turner's Yarmouth Bank and Elizabeth Cotman, the only daughter of the mayor of Yarmouth, John Cotman. He was educated at North Walsham Grammar School, Norfolk and at Barton...

 in 1836. Their son was the surgeon W. H. A. Jacobson.