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Early Life
Famed British author Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, on the southern coast of England. He was the second of eight children. His father, John Dickens, was a naval clerk who dreamed of becoming rich. -
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Charles Dickens Education
Dickens's education began at William Giles's School, Chatham. However, his private school career ended in 1824 when his father was sent to jail after an amassing debt. Dickens attended Wellington House Academy in London between 1824 and 1827. He left school aged 15 and began working as a clerk in a solicitor's office. -
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Mary Dickens
Mary Dickens was the eldest daughter of Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. Nickname "Mamie" -
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Kate Perugini
Catherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini was an English painter of the Victorian era and the daughter of Charles Dickens. Wikipedia
Born: October 29, 1839
Died: May 9, 1929 -
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Walter Savage Landor Dickens
Walter Savage Landor Dickens was the fourth child and second son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. He became an officer cadet in the East India Company's Presidency armies just before the Indian Mutiny.
Born: February 8, 1841
Died: December 31, 1863, -
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Francis Dickens
Francis Jeffrey Dickens was the third son and fifth child of Victorian English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens -
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Sydney Smith Haldimand DIckens
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens was a Royal Navy officer; the fifth son and seventh child of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine.
Born: April 18, 1847, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 2, 1872 -
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Henry Fielding Dickens
Henry Fielding Dickens was the eighth of ten children born to Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. -
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Dora Annie Dickens
Dora Annie Dickens was the infant daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. She was the ninth of their ten children, and the youngest of their three daughters.
Born: August 16, 1850, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 14, 1851, London, United Kingdom -
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Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens was the youngest son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine and was an Australian politician.
Born: March 13, 1852
Died: January 23, 1902