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    William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. He is best known for his story "The Monkey's...
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  • writer William Wymark Jacobs. The couple lived near Parliament Hill in Hampstead, London, and had four children, including the future actress Jane Wymark. Wymark...
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    critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs), his second wife was Joan Chirnside, and his third...
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    Loughton, and there compiled his massive Encyclopaedic dictionary. William Wymark Jacobs (1863–1943) lived at The Outlook, Upper Park Road before moving...
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    suggests that the others on the jury bench were William Wymark Jacobs, William Pett Ridge, Tom Gallon, William de Morgan, Arthur Morrison, Raymond Paton, Francesco...
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    east of Highway 4, and 15 km south of Swift Current. Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The...
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    the Barge is an anthology of short stories by W. W. Jacobs, first published in 1902. Many of Jacobs' most famous short stories, including "The Monkey's...
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  • Our Relations (category Films based on works by W. W. Jacobs)
    Twice Two. The story is based on the short story "The Money Box" by W.W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw". However, "The Money Box" does not involve...
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  • Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in...
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  • the Gateway against a larger French force. William Frederickson comes from Westphalia. Nicknamed 'Sweet William' by his men, Frederickson has suffered a...
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