WRITER

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 454,654 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). W. W. Jacobs is the 4,828th most popular writer (down from 4,497th in 2019), the 3,514th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,355th in 2019) and the 399th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dialstone Lane
Accessible book
1904
Many Cargoes
Accessible book, English Humorous stories, Fiction
1897
Light Freights
Fiction, Social life and customs, English Humorous stories
1901
Odd Craft
Accessible book, gutenberg, stories
1900
Short Cruises
Fiction, Social life and customs, English Humorous stories
1907
At Sunwich Port
Accessible book
1902

Page views of W. W. Jacobs by language

Over the past year W. W. Jacobs has had the most page views in the with 58,684 views, followed by Spanish (11,449), and Russian (3,962). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (143.14%), Estonian (54.13%), and Kannada (27.56%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, W. W. Jacobs ranks 4,828 out of 7,302. Before him are David Weber, Harriet Jacobs, Marc Okrand, Robert of Torigni, Ōtomo no Tabito, and Zig Ziglar. After him are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Barbro Lindgren, Johann Jakob Breitinger, Jeton Kelmendi, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, W. W. Jacobs ranks 141. Before him are Stanisław Zaremba, Richard Wettstein, Samuel P. Bush, Sylvain Lévi, Ekvtime Takaishvili, and Blanche Bingley. After him are Hugo Winckler, Frederic G. Kenyon, Sergey Oldenburg, Mary Whiton Calkins, William Henry Young, and Eduard David. Among people deceased in 1943, W. W. Jacobs ranks 172. Before him are Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Aristarkh Lentulov, Oswald Teichmüller, Ioannis Persakis, Lajos Werkner, and Oskar Messter. After him are Jenő Rejtő, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Otto Modersohn, Franz Cisar, Akilles Järvinen, and Dudley Pound.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 3,514 out of 8,785. Before him are Dougray Scott (1965), Angus Macfadyen (1963), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Richard Leach Maddox (1816), Mick Jones (1944), and Natalia Tena (1984). After him are Osbert Salvin (1835), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Norman Smith (1923), Joe Cole (1981), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), and Peter Whitehead (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, W. W. Jacobs ranks 399. Before him are Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Hannah More (1745), Robert Bolt (1924), William Martin Leake (1777), Nicholas Evans (1950), and John Lyly (1554). After him are Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Norman Smith (1923), Mary Stewart (1916), Len Deighton (1929), Alan Woods (1944), and Susan Blackmore (1951).

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