Kurien Jacob, Indian paleobotanist (Cancu?, Kerala State 03 March 1910 – Bangalore 20 December 1999)

From a Syrian family  

Described 3 new genera in Fossil Plantae (Tinpaharia, Sakristobus e Pseudocycadeoidea)

Honored in genus Jacobipollenites Ramanujan 1966 (Fossil Sporae)

His wife, A.B. Chinna Virkki, paleobotanist (fl.1935-54)

Described Striatites sewardii 1937

Honored in genera Virkkispora Pant & Srivastava 1965 & Virkkipollenites Lele 1964 (Fossil Sporae)