David Copperfield Clerk is a term used to describe the character URIAH Heep in the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. URIAH Heep is a clerk in the law office of Mr. Wickfield, and is described as a 'red-haired man with a humbly deferential manner'. He is portrayed as a villainous character who is manipulative and deceitful. The term URIAH Heep is derived from the name of the character, which is composed of five letters.