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The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD , was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll . He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name.

He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Wikipedia  

✵ 4. December 1834 – 20. September 1911
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“I figure as the 'duck' in the 'Adventures.”

Robinson Duckworth

The Lewis Carroll Picture Book (1899), p. 360

“I rowed stroke and he rowed bow in the famous Long Vacation voyage to Godstow, when the three Miss Liddells were our passengers, and the story was actually composed and spoken over my shoulder.”

Robinson Duckworth

Of the origin of Alice in Wonderland.
The Lewis Carroll Picture Book (1899), p. 358

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