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UNIT 1 172 Meet William Wymark Jacobs William Wymark Jacobs, the son of an English wharf supervisor, was a bank employee and postal worker before he turned his writ- ing hobby into a profession. Childhood memories of sailors and dock workers inspired the sea stories for which Jacobs became famous. He also wrote humorous stories and horror tales.