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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br /> [[File:Bernard &amp; Philomena Jacob.jpg|thumbnail|Bernard and Philomena Jacob]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bernard &quot;Bunny&quot; Jacob&#039;&#039;&#039; was a Jewish businessman in Calcutta who was a director of the B.N. Elias and Company trading conglomerate and the last conductor of the [[Calcutta Symphony Orchestra]].<br /> <br /> ==Family==<br /> Jacob was the son of J.R. Jacob and Lily Elias. He had a brother Ronnie. He married his first cousin, Philomena &quot;Philo&quot; Gubbay, around 1949.&lt;ref name=recall/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> Jacob was a director of the B.N. Elias and Company trading conglomerate. The firm traded in jute and tobacco, and owned real estate.&lt;ref name=recall/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Music==<br /> Jacob and Ronnie studied music with [[Phillipé Sandré]] and Jacob took a keen interest in the [[Calcutta School of Music]]. He was the last conductor of the now defunct Calcutta Symphony Orchestra.&lt;ref name=recall&gt;[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/bernard_jacob Bernard Jacob.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225947/http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/bernard_jacob |date=4 March 2016 }} &#039;&#039;Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta&#039;&#039;. Retrieved 6 September 2015.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/the-disappearing-jews-of-kolkata-114102900961_1.html The disappearing Jewish community of Kolkata.] Kamalika Ghosh, &#039;&#039;[[Business Standard]]&#039;&#039;, 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.&lt;/ref&gt; Later, he was active in music in England.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;[[Indian and Foreign Review]]&#039;&#039;, Vol. 12, 1974, p. 21.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[History of the Jews in Kolkata]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Bernard}}<br /> [[Category:Indian conductors (music)]]<br /> [[Category:Businesspeople from Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Year of death missing]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Jews]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-business-bio-stub}}</div>

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