1. A brief biography of Charles Dickens By Kostas and Iris

2. Full name:Charles John Huffman Dickens (early alias:Boz) Born on 7 th of February 1812 Place of birth:Portsmouth England Parents:John Dickens,Elizabeth Dickens Siblings:Alfred Allen Dickens,Frances Elizabeth Dickens, Leticia Mary Dickens,Harriet Dickens, Frederick Dickens,Alfred Lamert Dickens and Augustus Dickens. Marriage:Catherine (Hogarth) Dickens. Married:April 2,1836, Separated in 1858.

3. Children:Charles Culliford (Charley) Dickens Mary (Mamie) Dickens Kate Macready (Katie) Dickens Walter Savage Landor Dickens Francis Jeffrey (Frank) Dickens Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens Henry Fielding (Harry) Dickens Dora Annie Dickens Edward Bulwer Lytton (Plorn) Dickens

4. Date of Death:Thursday,June 9,1870(stroke) Place of Burial:Poet's Corner,Westminster Abbey,London Education:Approximately one year at William Giles' School in Chat ham(age 9-11) nearly three years Wellington House Academy in London(age 13-15) beyond this,largely self-educated. First published story:A dinner at Poplar Walk published in Monthly Magazine(December 1833) He wrote lots of Christmas books, weekly magazines and other major and minor works.