Jakob Aall Ottesen Larsen (March 1, 1888 – September 2, 1974) was an American classical scholar.
[1] Jakob Aall Ottesen Larsen was born in Decorah, Iowa.
He was the son of Peter Laurentius Larsen, founding president of Luther College, and his second wife Ingeborg Astrup (1846–1923)[2] He received a BA from Luther College in 1908 and MA from Yale in 1911.
He was promoted to associate professor and continued in that capacity at Ohio State University until 1930.
Both he and his wife were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery Winneshiek County, Iowa.