david_berger

By david_berger

dirty dicks

Nathaniel Bentley, commonly known as Dirty Dick, was an 18th-century merchant who owned a hardware shop and warehouse in London, and is one person who is considered as a possible inspiration for Miss Havisham in Charles DickensGreat Expectations after he refused to wash following the death of his fiancée on their wedding day.
He was a previous owner of a pub on Bishopsgate, in the City of London, which is named after him
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