WAS SCROOGE
A REAL PERSON?
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“A Life Wasted”: Who was the real Ebenezer Scrooge?” 12 Dec 2022. BBC Arts. Accessed 16 Oct 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4y78YB9vVMG1xYrW8CmzjPw/a-life-wasted-who-was-the-real-ebenezer-scrooge
Hanna, Aoife. “Ebenezer Scrooge May Have Been Insoired By A Creepy Trip To A Graveyard”. 4 Dec 2019 Bustle Accessed 22 Oct 2023. https://www.bustle.com/p/was-ebenezer-scrooge-a-real-person-19420112
Cereno, Benito “The Real Man Who Inspired Ebenezer Scrooge”. Updated 4 Feb 2023. GRUNGE Accessed 22 Oct 2023. https://www.grunge.com/140628/the-real-man-who-inspired-ebenezer-scrooge/
Jones, Paul Anthony “7 Real-Life Inspirations For Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Updated 22 Dec 2021. MENTAL FLOSS. Accessed 16 Oct 2023. https://www.grunge.com/140628/the-real-man-who-inspired-ebenezer-scrooge/
Oliver, Sarah “He was a man so truly miserly he made Charles Dickens’s Scrooge look like an amateur. How one millionaire MP – who scavenged food from RATS – proved the inspiration for the iconic character at the heart of A Christmas Carol. 17 Dec 2022 The Daily Mail On Sunday Accessed 16 Oct 2023. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11549651/How-one-millionaire-MP-proved-inspiration-iconic-character-Christmas-Carol.html
Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie. FIND A GRAVE. Accessed 23 Oct 2023. BIO BY SAMUEL TAYLOR GEER.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102003197/ebenezer-lennox-scroggie
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