W. W. Jacobs was born on the docks of London on September 8, 1863. Most of his stories came from his early life of living on the docks. He heard many of the tales that all of the sailors told, and used that type of folklore in almost all of his stories.

Jacobs published most of his stories in his midlife. The horror story "The Monkey's Paw" was his best seller of all time.

After Jacob's death in 1943, many of his stories were still published.

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 September 8 1863 > The date when William Wymark Jacobs was born.
 
 1893 > Became a clerk in the Savings Bank Department of the Civil
 	Service, holding the position until 1899.
 
 1896 > He Published his first book, a collection of short stories, 
 	called "Many Cargoes"
 
 1900 > Married Agnes Eleanor Williams. They have two sons and three
 	daughters; also a "Master of Craft" was published.
 
 1902 > "At Sunwich Port" and "The Lady of the Barge" were published.
 
 1903-1943 > Many more stories and books written by him were published.
 
 September 1, 1943 > The death of W.W. Jacobs.

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