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Real Scrooge ‘Was Dutch Gravedigger’News | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Telegraph (UK) | 2007-12-26 Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
            He is synonymous with the traditional image of the Victorian English Christmas but Ebenezer Scrooge may have his roots much further afield. According to Sjef de Jong, a Dutch academic, the Charles Dickens character may have been inspired by the real life of Gabriel de Graaf, a 19th century gravedigger who lived in Holland. Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
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