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W. W. Jacobs

1863 - 1943

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. He is best known for his story "The Monkey's Paw". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. W. Jacobs is the 4,956th most popular writer (down from 4,828th in 2019), the 3,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,514th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, W. W. Jacobs ranks 4,956 out of 7,302. Before him are Aagje Deken, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Eugippius, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Miles Franklin. After him are Choʻlpon, Ajdar Ismailov, Alexander Vampilov, Justine Musk, Juan de Mena, and Feodor Gladkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, W. W. Jacobs ranks 141. Before him are Richard Wettstein, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Aleksandr Golovin, Sergey Oldenburg, Peider Lansel, and André Blondel. After him are Ellen Churchill Semple, Bob Fitzsimmons, Georg Marco, João Pinheiro Chagas, Camille Erlanger, and Marguerite Audoux. Among people deceased in 1943, W. W. Jacobs ranks 187. Before him are Jenő Rejtő, Peider Lansel, Otto Modersohn, Willoughby Hamilton, András Székely, and Georg Gehring. After him are Charles Tate Regan, Akilles Järvinen, Gisela Januszewska, Alice Tegnér, Wilhelm Geiger, and Oswald Teichmüller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 3,914 out of 8,785. Before him are May Sutton (1886), Richard Dormer (1969), Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340), Reece James (1999), Henry Shrapnel (1761), and Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809). After him are Charles Avison (1709), William Froude (1810), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), Hilda of Whitby (614), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), and Jeremy Kemp (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 422. Before him are Lucy Hawking (1969), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Alex Garland (1970), Eva Crane (1912), Anna Löwenstein (1951), and Cynewulf (900). After him are George Borrow (1803), Fay Weldon (1931), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), and Richard Bentley (1662).

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