Wilhelm Jacoby was born on March 8, 1855 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. He was a writer, known for
Nachts im grünen Kakadu (1957),
Ein toller Einfall (1916) and
Buckelhannes (1913). He died on February 20, 1925 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.