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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_JacquesWilliam Jacques - Wikipedia

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   William Simon Jacques (born March 1969), nicknamed the "Tome Raider" by the media, is a serial book thief who has been twice convicted after stealing hundreds of rare books worth over £1 million from libraries in the UK.

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3. www.theguardian.com › books › 2002There was a bookish man | Classics | The Guardian

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   May 26, 2002 · The strange crime of William Jacques has rocked the sedate world of letters. But can greed alone explain why this privileged young man stole, doctored and sold hundreds of rare books from...

4. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › 10Electrochemical contributions: William W. Jacques (1855–1932)

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   Feb 1, 2023 · William W. Jacques was an American electrical engineer and chemist who designed in 1896 a very unusual fuel cell operated on solid (coal) fuel named by him a “carbon battery”.

   • Author: Evgeny Katz
   • Volume: 3, Issue3

   • Published: 01 February 2023

5. americanhistory.si.edu › fuelcells › originsFuel Cell Project: Jacques Fuel Cell Images

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   William Jacques was an inventor of electrical devices who developed a carbon battery that claimed to convert coal into electricity. Learn about his invention, its efficiency, and its critics from the Smithsonian's Fuel Cell Project.

6. www.telegraph.co.uk › culture › booksWilliam Jacques: Britain's most prolific book thief

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   Jul 21, 2010 · William Jacques: Britain's most prolific book thief. Wearing a tweed jacket and horned rimmed glasses, William Jacques seemed perfectly suited to the quiet surrounds of the world’s leading...

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7. www.bbc.com › news › magazine-10695170How thieves target rare books - BBC News

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   Jul 21, 2010 · Nicknamed the Tome Raider, William Jacques had form in library crime - having already served a four-year sentence for stealing books worth £1m in the late 1990s. Despite his prison term, it...

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   What did William Jacques say?

   • In reply William Jacques said nothing. In 1715, George I, eager to reward the University of Cambridge for its loyalty to the House of Hanover during the Jacobite uprising, decreed that the remarkable book collection of the late John Moore, Bishop of Ely, should go to the university's library.

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   What happened to Jacques Jacques?

   • Jacques flew back to the UK after spending only seven weeks in Cuba and he was arrested, still denying that he had stolen the books. In February 2001 he was charged with 19 counts of theft. After five weeks he was found guilty and jailed.

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   Who was William Simon Jacques?

   • Two centuries after Malthus another young economics student came to Jesus College. His name was William Simon Jacques and he was the son of a well-to-do farmer from Selby in North Yorkshire. It is tempting to imagine Jacques, during those tedious formal dinners, gazing admiringly at this portrait.

   There was a bookish man | Classics | The Guardian

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   Why did William Jacques not want to read the books?

   • But William Jacques didn't want to read any of the books. He just wanted to sell them. Indeed it turns out that his tastes were rather closer to that of the policeman who pursued him so doggedly. Throughout that long first trial last year William Jacques came to court each day clutching a single thick volume. A novel by Wilbur Smith.

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9. www.rexresearch.com › jacques › jacquesWilliam Jacques: Electricity direct from Coal ("Coal Battery ...

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   Be it known that I, William W. Jacques, of Newton, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Method or Process of Converting the Potential Energy of Carbon or Carbonaceous Materials into Electrical Energy.