Charles Dickens
(1812-1870)
English novelist
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Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
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Charles John Huffham Dickens 7 February 1812 Portsmouth, England
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9 June 1870 (aged 58) Gads Hill Place, England
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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Charles Culliford Boz 1st child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 6 Jan 1837 Age: 188 1837- Celebrity Baby -
Mary Dickens 2nd child with Catherine Dickens Female b. 6 Mar 1838 d. 23 Jul 1896 Age: 58 (at death) 1838-1896 Daughter of Charles Dickens -
Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens 3rd child with Catherine Dickens Female b. 29 Oct 1839 d. 9 May 1929 Age: 89 (at death) 1839-1929 British artist -
Walter Landor Dickens 4th child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 8 Feb 1841 d. 31 Dec 1863 Age: 22 (at death) 1841-1863 British Indian Army officer -
Francis Dickens 5th child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 15 Jan 1844 d. 11 Jun 1886 Age: 42 (at death) 1844-1886 Son of Charles Dickens -
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens 6th child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 28 Oct 1845 d. 2 Jan 1912 Age: 66 (at death) 1845-1912 Son of Charles Dickens -
Sydney Smith Haldimand 7th child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 18 Apr 1847 Age: 178 1847- Celebrity Baby
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Dora Annie Dickens 9th child with Catherine Dickens Female b. 16 Aug 1850 d. 14 Apr 1851 Age: 7 months (at death) 1850-1851 Daughter of Charles Dickens
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Edward Dickens 10th child with Catherine Dickens Male b. 13 Mar 1852 d. 23 Jan 1902 Age: 49 (at death) 1852-1902 Charles Dickens' son and New South Wales politician
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