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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Jacobs has received more than 339,719 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Jacobs is the 5,437th most popular writer, the 246th most popular biography from Australia and the 18th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 340k

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  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Jacobs ranks 5,437 out of 7,302. Before him are Amelia Opie, Bill O'Reilly, Madeline Miller, Dan Houser, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Isabel Briggs Myers. After him are Richard Hoggart, Jan Lechoń, Christopher Paolini, Scott O'Dell, Ádám Bodor, and Aquilino Ribeiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Joseph Jacobs ranks 111. Before him are Giuseppe Veronese, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Heinrich Kreutz, Hermann Oldenberg, and Clorinda Matto de Turner. After him are Francis Marion Crawford, William C. Gorgas, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Ernest Belfort Bax, Rafael López Gutiérrez, and Jan Sztolcman. Among people deceased in 1916, Joseph Jacobs ranks 136. Before him are Alexander Voeikov, Alfred Cogniaux, Gorch Fock, Guido Romano, Lorenzo Latorre, and Mary Everest Boole. After him are Daniel Oliver, Aeneas Mackintosh, Oskar Gripenberg, Guido Gozzano, Hermann Martens, and Béla Békessy.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Joseph Jacobs ranks 246 out of 1,143. Before him are Trudi Canavan (1969), Harry Hopman (1906), Lauren Jackson (1981), Peter Garrett (1953), Fleur Mellor (1936), and Richard Bonynge (1930). After him are Patricia Wrightson (1921), David Malet Armstrong (1926), Adrian Quist (1913), Judy Amoore (1940), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), and Stanley Bruce (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Joseph Jacobs ranks 18. Before him are John Flanagan (1944), Joan Lindsay (1896), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), and Trudi Canavan (1969). After him are Patricia Wrightson (1921), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Markus Zusak (1975), Henry Lawson (1867), Robert Hughes (1938), and Kate Morton (1976).

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