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W. W. Jacobs
William Wymark "W. W." Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels.〔(New York Times )〕 Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw".
==Early Days==
Jacobs was born in Wapping, London; his father was a wharf manager at the South Devon wharf at Lower East Smithfield.〔http://theydon.org.uk/lhs/Downloads/LHS%20News%20186.pdf〕 He was educated at a private school in London and later at Birkbeck College (then called Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, now part of the University of London).〔"Jacobs, William Wymark", in Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, ''Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature'', (Third Edition). New York, The H.W. Wilson Company, 1950, (pp. 721-3)〕
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