Wilkins Micawber
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![As illustrated by Fred Barnard in an 1870s edition](/Images/godic/202501/27/Fred_Barnard080309.jpg")
![Mr Micawber by 'Kyd' c.1890](/Images/godic/202501/27/Clarke-micawber0309.jpg")
![W. C. Fields in his famous role as Mr. Micwaber](/Images/godic/202501/27/W._C._Fields_19350309.jpg")
Wilkins Micawber is a fictional character from Charles Dickens's 1850 novel, David Copperfield. He was modelled on Dickens' father, John Dickens, who like Micawber was incarcerated in debtors' prison (the King's Bench Prison) after failing to meet his creditors' demands.