J. Bruce Jacobs

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 (), a simplified transliteration of his surname, or by the nickname Big Beard (). Provided by Wikipedia