A character in Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle1892
The gullible red-headed London pawnbroker lured into a bogus salaried job copying the encyclopaedia, which leaves his shop free for a bank robbery, in The Red-Headed League.
Also known as: Mr. Wilson, Wilson
Inside the story
Jabez Wilson is a red-haired London pawnbroker whose business keeps him occupied at his shop. Gullible and curious, he is drawn into an unusual salaried job copying an encyclopaedia, leaving him eager to understand the strange opportunity and its terms.
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