Ikey Solomon
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Isaac "Ikey" Solomon was a British criminal who acted as a receiver of stolen property. His well-publicised crimes, escape from arrest, recapture and trial led to his transportation to the Australian
Ikey Solomon as printed from a drawing by the Lambeth Police
Fagin
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Fagin is a fictional character and the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. In the story, Fagin is the leader of a group of children whom he teaches to make their livings
Ikey Solomon
…his transportation to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania). He is widely regarded as the model for the character Fagin in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. Solomon was born into a Jewish family in Houndsditch, in the East End of London. He was one of nine children…
Fagin in a watercolour by 'Kyd' (1889)
Fagin waits to be hanged
Oliver Twist (Jackie Coogan) held captive, by Fagin (Lon Chaney) and his criminal gang in Oliver Twist (1922 film)