Joseph Jacobs
Australian folklorist, historian and writer (1854–1916) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was a New South Welsh-born British-Jewish folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore.
Joseph Jacobs | |
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Born | (1854-08-29)29 August 1854 Sydney, Colony of New South Wales |
Died | 30 January 1916(1916-01-30) (aged 61) Yonkers, New York, United States |
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Nationality | British subject |
Alma mater | University of Sydney St John's College, Cambridge University of Berlin |
Subject | Indo-European fairy tales; Jewish history |
Jacobs was born in Sydney to a Jewish family. His work went on to popularise some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairy Tales in 1893[lower-alpha 1]. He published European, Jewish, Celtic, and Indian fairy tales, which made him one of the most popular English-language fairy tale writers. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of The Thousand and One Nights. He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore.[1] Joseph Jacobs also contributed to The Jewish Encyclopedia.
During his lifetime, Jacobs came to be regarded as one of the foremost experts on English folklore.