Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
This was his dead business partner Jacob Marley
His name was not a nick name it was Jacob Marley. He was refered to as Marley
Jacob Marley died in 1836 at the age of 53 (born 1783)
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley. He appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he does not change his ways.
Deceased
A Christmas Carol
Christmas eve 1843.
The face of Jacob Marley appears in Scrooge's door knocker in "A Christmas Carol." Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of his life choices.
Scrooge's dead business partner was Jacob Marley. He was the 1st ghost to visit Scrooge.
Marley represents lost hope, the final unused chance for personal redemption, and the wages of overweaning greed. Because he didn't repent of his greed in his lifetime, Marley was damned to spend eternity dragging around chains and money boxes.