Augustus Dickens
Journalist, Deceased Person
1827 – 1866
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Who was Augustus Dickens?
Augustus Newnham Dickens was the youngest brother of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the inspiration for his pen name 'Boz'. Because of the presence of Augustus Dickens and his family in Chicago, Charles Dickens never visited that city on any of his American reading tours.
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- Born
- Nov 10, 1827
London - Also known as
- Augustus Newnham Dickens
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bertha Phillips
- Harriett Lovell
(1848/12/05 - )
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 4, 1866
Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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