Charles Dickens was born on 7 February, 1812. He died on 9 June, 1870. He lived to the age of 58. During his life, he had lived in London. His longest period of living in one place was in London (56 years). He was the child of John Dickens and Elizabeth Dickens. He had 10 children, Charles Dickens Jr., Mary Dickens, Kate Perugini, Walter Landor Dickens, Francis Dickens, Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens, Dora Annie Dickens, Edward Dickens, and Henry Fielding Dickens.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature'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 widely read today.
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Location: 6 Chandos Place
As a boy Charles Dickens worked here 1824 - 1825
