W. W. Jacobs
W. W. Jacobs was a British writer, novelist, screenwriter and humorist (1863–1943). He was born at Wapping and died at Islington.
Also recorded as William Wymark Jacobs.
W. W. Jacobs in brief
- Born
- 1863
- Died
- 1943
- Known for
- writer, novelist, screenwriter and humorist
- Place of birth
- Wapping
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading William Wymark Jacobs. His recorded language was English.
He married Agnes Eleanor Williams. 2 children are recorded: Barbara Annis Jacobs and Helen Jacobs.
Catalogued works
60 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1802 to 2003.
The Monkey's Paw. The Lady of the Barge. In the Grip of Terror. Filurer : humoresker. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's S... Bill's Paper Chase. The Well. Cupboard Love. Captain Rogers. A Tiger's Skin. Jerry Bundler. The Interruption. His Brother's Keeper. Prentice Hall Literature. Ysbryd Siencyn Gruffydd. Light freights ... A love passage. Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum. The gray parrot. Spectral Tales. In borrowed plumes. Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum. The night-watchman and other longshoremen. Short cruises. Salthaven. Ein voreiliges Experiment. Sailors' knots. Dialstone Lane. Lady of the Barge. Antología de la literatura fantástica. Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]. Favorite Love Stories. Sea urchins. The boatswain's mate. Stories to Make You Shudder. Halloween Collection. Night of the Macabre. Le puits. Sailor's Knots and Other Stories. Skipper's Wooing and the Brown Man's Servant. Odd Craft, dated 1900. Lady of the Barge Annotated. Master of Craft. Night Watches. More Cargoes. Good Intentions. Ship's Company. Captains All. At Sunwich Port, Part 3. : Contents. Old Man of the Sea. Monkey's Paw and Other Selected Stories. Ralph Waldo Emerson, dated 1929, lithograph, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1938.281. D. W. Winnicott / Michael Jacobs., dated [1995], held by Wellcome Collection. The surgical operations on President Cleveland in 1893 / by William W. Keen., dated [1917], held by Wellcome Collection. The student's chemical pocket companion / by W.S. Jacobs, M.D., dated 1802, held by Wellcome Collection. The student's chemical pocket companion / by W. S. Jacobs, M.D., dated 1807, held by Wellcome Collection. Complementary and alternative medicine : an evidence-based approach / edited by John W. Spencer, Joseph J. Jacobs., dated [2003], held by Wellcome Collection. Human population cytogenetics / editors Patricia A. Jacobs, W.H. Price and Pamela Law., dated 1970, held by Wellcome Collection. Complementary/alternative medicine : an evidence-based approach / [edited by] John W. Spencer, Joseph J. Jacobs ; with foreword by Nancy Dickey., dated [1999], held by Wellcome Collection. Koffij en thee voor dagelijkschen drank en als geneesmiddel beschouwd / [W.J.L. Verbeek]., dated 1845, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Cleveland Museum of Art: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 461 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
The Jacobs Tornado Model (JTM): An Operational Module of the Jacobs Theory of Emergent Physics, 2026. Leonard Jacobs, BMJ, 2016. Marc Jacobs, Autumn/Winter 1997, Marc Jacobs, Autumn/Winter 1997, 2019. Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 2000, Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 2000, 2020. Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 1995, Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 1995, 2019. Measurement of B → K *(892)γ decays at Belle II, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025. Measurement of the e + e − → B s 0 B ¯ s 0 X $$ {B}_s^0{\overline{B}}_s^0X $$ cross section in the energy range from 10.63 to 11.02 GeV using inclusive D s + $$ {D}_s^{+} $$ and D 0 production, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023. Observation of a new structure near 10.75 GeV in the energy dependence of the e + e − → ϒ (nS)π + π − (n = 1, 2, 3) cross sections, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019. Search for the double-charmonium state with η c J/ψ at Belle, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023. Search for lepton-flavor-violating $${\tau }^{-}\to {{\ell}}^{-}{K}_{s}^{0}$$ decays at Belle and Belle II, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025. Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ decays into a lepton and a vector meson using the full Belle data sample, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023. Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ − → μ − μ + μ − decays at Belle II, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024. Search for charged lepton flavor violating decays of ϒ (1S), Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Energy and system-size dependence of two- and four-particle $v_2$ measurements in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and their implications on flow fluctuations and nonflow (2011) — Internet Archive. Centrality dependence of identified particle elliptic flow in relativistic heavy ion collisions at sqrt(s)= 7.7--62.4 GeV (2015) — Internet Archive. Azimuthal anisotropy in U+U and Au+Au collisions at RHIC (2015) — Internet Archive. Fluctuations of charge separation perpendicular to the event plane and local parity violation in sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC (2013) — Internet Archive. Longitudinal and transverse spin asymmetries for inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized p+p collisions at sqrt{s}=200 GeV (2012) — Internet Archive. Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry and Cross-Section for pi0 and eta Mesons at Large Feynman-x in Polarized p+p Collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV (2012) — Internet Archive. Anomalous centrality evolution of two-particle angular correlations from Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 62 and 200 GeV (2012) — Internet Archive. Many Cargoes (1947) — Internet Archive. Freeze-out Dynamics via Charged Kaon Femtoscopy in sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV Central Au+Au Collisions (2013) — Internet Archive. Observation of $D^0\to \rho^0\gamma$ and search for $CP$ violation in radiative charm decays (2016) — Internet Archive. Angular analysis of $B^0 \to K^\ast(892)^0 \ell^+ \ell^-$ (2016) — Internet Archive. Measurement of elliptic flow of light nuclei at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200, 62.4, 39, 27, 19.6, 11.5, and 7.7 GeV at RHIC (2016) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1863W. W. Jacobs born at Wapping.
- 1943W. W. Jacobs died at Islington.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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- 2.
Marc Jacobs, Autumn/Winter 1997, Marc Jacobs, Autumn/Winter 1997, 2019
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 1995, Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 1995, 2019
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 2000, Marc Jacobs, Spring/Summer 2000, 2020
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for W. W. Jacobs (Internet Archive), 486 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
The Jacobs Tornado Model (JTM): An Operational Module of the Jacobs Theory of Emergent Physics, 2026
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 57 articles naming W. W. Jacobs.
open access index · Unverified
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Internet Archive, 133 digitised items catalogued under W. W. Jacobs as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with W. W. Jacobs.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 461 works naming W. W. Jacobs.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1385758: W. W. Jacobs
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“W. W. Jacobs”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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