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Joseph Jacobs

1854 - 1916

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Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian-born folklorist, literary critic and historian who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Born in Sydney to a Jewish family, his work went on to popularise some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairy Tales in 1893. He published European, Jewish, Celtic, and Indian fairy tales, which made him one of the most popular English-language fairy tale writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Jacobs is the 4,969th most popular writer (up from 5,436th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Australia (up from 244th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among writers, Joseph Jacobs ranks 4,969 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Vasilyev, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Olavo Bilac, Albert Mol, Ashapurna Devi, and Henry Monnier. After him are Lalleshwari, René Bazin, Villy Sørensen, Märta Tikkanen, Magdi Allam, and Paul van Ostaijen.

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Among people born in 1854, Joseph Jacobs ranks 105. Before him are Adela Zamudio, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Giuseppe Veronese, Hans Jæger, Ernest Belfort Bax, and Yehuda Pen. After him are David Dunbar Buick, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Teuku Umar, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Hermann Oldenberg, and Jan Sztolcman. Among people deceased in 1916, Joseph Jacobs ranks 128. Before him are Georgios Theotokis, Gabrielle Petit, Alfred Cogniaux, Paul von Plehwe, Cleveland Abbe, and Giuseppe Pitrè. After him are Guido Romano, Alfred Kleiner, Clements Markham, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Sámuel Teleki, and Béla Békessy.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Joseph Jacobs ranks 226 out of 1,143. Before him are Helen Quinn (1943), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), Luke Hemsworth (1980), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Ian Thorpe (1982), and Miles Franklin (1879). After him are Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Keith Michell (1926), Emilie de Ravin (1981), Greg Egan (1961), May Robson (1858), and Brenda Jones (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Joseph Jacobs ranks 15. Before him are Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), John Flanagan (1944), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), and Miles Franklin (1879). After him are Greg Egan (1961), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Banjo Paterson (1864), and Henry Lawson (1867).

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