Jacob Marley

fictional character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Person fictional_human Q657403
Jacob Marley
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Jacob Marley

Summary

Jacob Marley is a fictional human[1]. He worked as an accountant[2]. He draws 386 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #619 of 5,308).[3]

Key Facts

  • Jacob Marley held citizenship in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[4].
  • Jacob Marley's professions included accountant[2].
  • Jacob Marley is the creator of Charles Dickens[5].
  • Jacob Marley's image is recorded as Marley's Ghost-John Leech, 1843.jpg[6].
  • Jacob Marley is recorded as male[7].
  • Jacob Marley's instance of is recorded as fictional human[8].
  • Jacob Marley's instance of is recorded as literary character[9].
  • Jacob Marley's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1333155191921182440009[10].
  • Jacob Marley's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2019028940[11].
  • Jacob Marley's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05hq8k[12].
  • Jacob Marley's family name is recorded as Marley[13].
  • Jacob Marley's given name is recorded as Jacob[14].
  • Jacob Marley's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Jacob-Marley[15].
  • Jacob Marley's present in work is recorded as A Christmas Carol[16].
  • Jacob Marley's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-8811[17].
  • Jacob Marley's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007549553305171[18].
  • Jacob Marley's Personality Database profile ID is recorded as 65852[19].
  • Jacob Marley's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJwHgxR8wrPwqMTDrHMdcP[20].
  • Jacob Marley's Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/ec61f93c-f228-4bdd-9474-45aa0dce0576[21].

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Career and Affiliations

Jacob Marley's professions included accountant[2].

Works and Contributions

Jacob Marley is the creator of Charles Dickens[5].

Why It Matters

Jacob Marley draws 386 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #619 of 5,308).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What did Jacob Marley do for work?

Jacob Marley worked as accountant[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . personality-database.com. Retrieved . personality-database.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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