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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. W. Jacobs has received more than 459,139 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). W. W. Jacobs is the 4,511th most popular writer (down from 3,487th in 2019), the 3,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,589th in 2019) and the 386th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. W. Jacobs ranks 4,511 out of 5,755. Before him are Jacques Roumain, Dun Karm Psaila, Manuel Alegre, Gáspár Heltai, Paul Louis Courier, and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky. After him are Jens Bjørneboe, Sergei Lukyanenko, Adolf Brand, Hadiya Davletshina, Peter Härtling, and Ángel Ganivet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, W. W. Jacobs ranks 124. Before him are Bob Fitzsimmons, Ljubomir Davidović, Anthony Hope, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Axel Thue, and Gottlieb von Jagow. After him are Sylvain Lévi, Stanisław Zaremba, Dmitry Grave, Blanche Bingley, Sergey Oldenburg, and Josephine Diebitsch Peary. Among people deceased in 1943, W. W. Jacobs ranks 155. Before him are Adolf Urban, Géo André, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Elise Richter, Kristjan Raud, and Ernst Trygger. After him are Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Lajos Werkner, Aristarkh Lentulov, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Akilles Järvinen, and Helene Stöcker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 3,363 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Hurst (1957), Rupert Friend (1981), Kay Kendall (1927), Harry Maguire (1993), David Wilkie (1785), and Joe Jordan (1951). After him are Richard Palmer-James (1947), Emily Mortimer (1971), Alex Kingston (1963), Ashley Montagu (1905), Joanne Whalley (1961), and Edith Evans (1888).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 386. Before him are Edward William Lane (1801), George Chapman (1559), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), John Farey Sr. (1766), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Donald Rayfield (1942). After him are Robert Greene (1558), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Richard Bentley (1662), and Brian Lumley (1937).

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