Ocupation: Writer
Life: February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
Birthday: February 7
Death: June 9
If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.
source: Charles Dickens (1858). “A Christmas Carol”, p.9
topic: Population, Scrooge, Christmas Carol, Carols, Surplus, Workhouses, Humbug