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W. W. Jacobs

William Wymark Jacobs
Born in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK

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English author of short stories and novels

Born 8 September 1863
Died 1 September 1943

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English author of short stories and novels

Born 8 September 1863
Died 1 September 1943
Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Horror stories, Horror tales, River life, Children's fiction, English Humorous stories, Social life and customs, England, fiction, short stories, short story, Juvenile fiction, Short stories, American Horror tales, English Horror tales, Fiction, general, American literature, first-person narrative, horror, Classic Literature, Crime, Detective and mystery stories, English Ghost stories, Ghost stories
Places
England, Amazon rainforest, Cambridge, Caribbean, Eton College, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Toledo, United States, Angleterre, Baker Street, Buenos Aires, Carcosa, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Jamaica, Lucerne, Mallard residence, Memphis, New England, Orbis Tertius, Tlön, Uqbar, kingdom by the sea
People
Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Ernest Valdemar, Father Time, General Zaroff, Gregory W. Temple, Ivan, Prince Prospero, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Whitney, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Annabel Lee, Archie, Aylmer, Berenice, Bill Hutchinson, Brently Mallard, Carlos, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Duncan Ross, Egaeus, Ethelred, Ezra Buckley
Time
20th century, 1700, 17th century, 1890, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19th century, December, carnival

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Alternative names

  • W.W Jacobs
  • W., W. Jacobs
  • W W. Jacobs
  • W W. JACOBS
  • W.W JACOBS
  • W. W. JACOBS
  • William Wymark Jacobs
  • W.W. Jacobs
  • W. W. Jacobs
  • William Wymark JACOBS
  • W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
  • W. W. (William Wymark) 1863- Jacobs
  • W. W. (William Wymark) 1863-194 Jacobs

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April 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 11, 2018 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer William Wymark Jacobs. Born in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import