5 July 1895	Born in London to Stephen and Clara Jacob, the seventh son and the last child in a family of ten
1898	His father, Stephen Jacob, died in India (Jacob was just three years old)
	Educated at Dulwich College
26 August 1914	Enlisted in the Infantry: active service in World War I
18 September 1916		Closest brother Anstey died in the Somme
April 1917	Taken POW, one of 60 survivors out of a battalion of 800
	Studied at the Royal College of Music, London, with Stanford, Parry, Howells, Boult and Vaughan Williams Taught briefly at Birkbeck and Morley Colleges, also in London
1924	Married his first wife, Sidney Gray
1926	Returned to the RCM as a lecturer for 40 years. He was on the teaching staff there from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and his pupils included Malcolm Arnold, Imogen Holst, Joseph Horovitz, Elizabeth Maconchy and Bernard Stevens
1935	Gained doctorate (DMus) (London)
1943	Awarded the John Collard Fellowship by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
1946	Awarded FRCM (Fellow of the Royal College of Music)
1947	Awarded honorary FRAM (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music)
1951	Provided music for the Festival of Britain
1953	Arranged the National Anthem with Fanfare for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1959	BBC TV documentary 'Gordon Jacob' (directed by Ken Russell)
8 August 1959	Married Margaret Gray
1966	Retired from his professorship at the Royal College of Music
1968	Awarded the CBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List
1981	Guest of honour at an International Conference of Symphonic Wind Bands
8 June 1984	Died, Saffron Walden
By the time Gordon Jacob died on 8 June 1984, aged 89, he had written over 700 pieces of music and several books. In 1995, the book Gordon Jacob, A centenary biography by Eric Wetherell was published.