The most famous of these collections is perhaps English Fairy Tales (1890), and More English Fairy Tales (1893). From 1890 to 1916 he edited several collections of fairy tales. It was at this time, too, that he began to develop an interest in folklore. After his return to England the following year, he became actively involved in opposing anti-Semitism and in the study, preservation and promotion of Jewish history and culture. Staunchly opposed to such sentiments, he moved to Berlin in 1877, to study Jewish Literature and philosophy. In Britain, Jacobs became aware of widespread anti-semitism. There, he joined St John’s College at University of Cambridge from where he graduated in 1876. After completing his schooling, he won a scholarship to the University of Sydney for classics, mathematics and chemistry, but immigrated to England at the age of eighteen, in 1872. He was born in Sydney, Australia on August 29, 1854, the sixth son of John Jacobs and his wife Sarah. These included such perennials as ‘Jack the Giant Killer’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, and ‘The Story of the Three Bears’ (a version of which became famous as ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’). In 1890, he published English Fairy Tales and in 1893, More English Fairy Tales. Though a prolific writer and literary critic, he is best remembered today for his works on folklore and fairy tales. Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a folklorist and a scholar of Jewish history and culture.
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