In "Great Expectations", Pip renames Abel Magwich, Uncle Provis. Upon learning, Uncle Provis' treacherous accomplice, Compeyson is looking nearby for him, he and Herbert vow to find a way to get him to safety before the police can find him.
The prisoner Provis/Magwitch had been transported (shipped to Australia as punishment for a crime) for a stated number of years. He returned in spite of it and was liable for re-arrest if anyone recognized him and turned him in. He returned for two reasons: first, he wanted to see "his gentleman" Pip; it's revealed that Provis/Magwitch was Pip's benefactor instead of Miss Havisham, as Pip assumed. His second reason was to be avenged on the man (Compeyson) who turned him in originally. Herbert knows that Provis will be arrested and hanged if he's not smuggled out of the country. He is, in fact, caught as Pip is desperately trying to get him to the Continent. Provis is returned to prison but dies before any further punishment can be carried out.
George Provis's birth name is George Ernest Provis.
George Provis died in 1989, in USA.
George Provis was born in 1908, in Berkshire, England, UK.
Abel Magwitch had been using the alias "Provis" since coming to England to hide his true identity.
Provis is a character in the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. He is an escaped convict who helps Pip early in the story, and later reveals himself to be Pip's benefactor. Provis is later revealed to be Abel Magwitch, Pip's convict benefactor.
W. A. Provis has written: 'An historical and descriptive account of the suspension bridge constructed over the Menai Strait, in North Wales'
Provis
Abel Magwitch, who goes by the alias Provis, made his fortune through criminal activities such as counterfeiting and theft. Despite his illegal means of acquiring wealth, he hoped to use it to create a better life for himself and help Pip achieve his goals.
In Great Expectations, Herbert devises a plan to disguise the convict, Abel Magwitch, as Provis, a distant relation of Pip. He hides Magwitch in an unused room in the apartment he shares with Pip, keeping his true identity a secret to protect him from the authorities.
Provis wear the dirty clothes and his his hairs were grey.he was an escaped prisoner.whom pip helped him in the Churh yard by giving food and by stealing things.