Charles Dickens
Novelist and social critic
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Wikipedia
Born: February 7, 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Died: June 9, 1870 (age 58 years), Gads Hill Place, United Kingdom
Influenced by: William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, and more
Children: Francis Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, Mary Dickens, and more
Spouse: Catherine Dickens (m. 1836–1858)
Grandchildren: Gerald Charles Dickens, Henry Charles Dickens, Mary Angela Dickens, and more
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) ... His own story is one of rags to riches. He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens.
In the 1840's Dickens edited the London Daily News. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 whe his short stories and essays appeared in periodicals.