Charles Dickens
1812 to 1870
17 documented presences
15 places
Quo Fuit places 17 dated presences for Charles Dickens across 15 places, from 1812 to 1867. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Charles Dickens was documented, and when
7 February 1812exact date
Portsea Islandattested
“Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 at 1 Mile End Terrace (now 393 Commercial Road), Landport in Portsea Island (Portsmouth), Hampshire, the second of eight children of Elizabeth Dickens (née Barrow; 1789–1863) and Jo…”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
January 1815month
Londonattested
“In January 1815 John Dickens was called back to London, and the family moved to Norfolk Street, Fitzrovia.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
June 1822month
Londonattested
“This period came to an end in June 1822, when John Dickens was recalled to Navy Pay Office headquarters at Somerset House and the family (except for Charles, who stayed behind to finish his final term at school) moved to Camden Town in L…”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
June 1822month
Somerset Houseattested
“This period came to an end in June 1822, when John Dickens was recalled to Navy Pay Office headquarters at Somerset House and the family (except for Charles, who stayed behind to finish his final term at school) moved to Camden Town in L…”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
June 1822month
Camden Townattested
“This period came to an end in June 1822, when John Dickens was recalled to Navy Pay Office headquarters at Somerset House and the family (except for Charles, who stayed behind to finish his final term at school) moved to Camden Town in L…”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
1824year
Marshalseaattested
“The family had left Kent amidst rapidly mounting debts and, living beyond his means, John Dickens was forced by his creditors into the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark, London in 1824.”
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1824year
Kentattested
“The family had left Kent amidst rapidly mounting debts and, living beyond his means, John Dickens was forced by his creditors into the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark, London in 1824.”
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March 1827month
Camden Townattested
“Righteous indignation stemming from his own situation and the conditions under which working-class people lived became major themes of his works, and it was this unhappy period in his youth to which he alluded in his favourite and most a…”
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25 March 1837exact date
Bloomsburyattested
“The first of their ten children, Charles, was born in January 1837 and a few months later the family set up home in Bloomsbury at 48 Doughty Street, London (on which Charles had a three-year lease at £80 a year) from 25 March 1837 until…”
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1838year
Stratford-upon-Avonattested
“In 1838, Dickens travelled to Stratford-upon-Avon and visited the house in which Shakespeare was born, leaving his autograph in the visitors' book.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
June 1841month
Americaattested
“In June 1841, he precipitously set out on a two-month tour of Scotland and then, in September 1841, telegraphed Forster that he had decided to go to America.”
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1843 to 1845period
Englandattested
“Soon after his return to England, Dickens began work on the first of his Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol, written in 1843, which was followed by The Chimes in 1844 and The Cricket on the Hearth in 1845.”
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1844 to 1846period
Italyattested
“After living briefly in Italy (1844), Dickens travelled to Switzerland (1846), where he began work on Dombey and Son (1846–48).”
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1844 to 1846period
Switzerlandattested
“After living briefly in Italy (1844), Dickens travelled to Switzerland (1846), where he began work on Dombey and Son (1846–48).”
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1851 to 1855period
1851 to 1855period
9 November 1867exact date
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Places Charles Dickens is documented in
London2 presences · 1815 to 1822
Camden Town2 presences · 1822 to 1827
America1 presence · 1841England1 presence · 1843Italy1 presence · 1844Kent1 presence · 1824Liverpool1 presence · 1867Switzerland1 presence · 1844Bloomsbury1 presence · 1837
Great Exhibition1 presence · 1851
Marshalsea1 presence · 1824
Portsea Island1 presence · 1812
Other places tied to Charles Dickens in the record
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1832year
House of Commons of the United Kingdommentioned
“His uncle William Barrow offered him a job on The Mirror of Parliament and he worked in the House of Commons for the first time early in 1832.”
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1833year
Londonmentioned
“In 1833 Dickens submitted his first story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk", to the London periodical Monthly Magazine.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
1833year
Poplar Walkmentioned
“In 1833 Dickens submitted his first story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk", to the London periodical Monthly Magazine.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
1834year
Harrow Roadmentioned
“He began a friendship with William Harrison Ainsworth, the author of the highwayman novel Rookwood (1834), whose bachelor salon in Harrow Road had become the meeting place for a set that included Daniel Maclise, Benjamin Disraeli, Edward…”
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1835 to 1854period
Baker Streetmentioned
“For example, the latter included Dickens's assessment of Madame Tussauds, a wax museum established in Baker Street in 1835, which he called "something more than an exhibition, it is an institution." In 1854, at the behest of Sir John Fra…”
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22 January 1842exact date
Bostonmentioned
“On 22 January 1842, Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, aboard the RMS Britannia during their first trip to the United States and Canada.”
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22 January 1842exact date
United Statesmentioned
“On 22 January 1842, Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, aboard the RMS Britannia during their first trip to the United States and Canada.”
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1846year
Parismentioned
“A Francophile, Dickens often holidayed in France and, in a speech delivered in Paris in 1846 in French, called the French "the first people in the universe".”
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1846year
Francementioned
“A Francophile, Dickens often holidayed in France and, in a speech delivered in Paris in 1846 in French, called the French "the first people in the universe".”
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1851year
Hyde Park, Londonmentioned
“Punch, and his review of the Great Exhibition, the first in a series of world's fairs, which he attended at Hyde Park, London, in 1851.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
1851year
Oxfordmentioned
“The word "celebrity" first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1851, and the BBC states "Charles Dickens was one of the first figures to be called one".”
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1856year
Higham, Kentmentioned
“In 1856, his income from writing allowed him to buy Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent.”
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1857year
Indiamentioned
“Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Dickens joined in the widespread criticism of the East India Company for its role in the event, but reserved his fury for Indians, wishing that he was the commander-in-chief in India so that he would…”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
1861year
United Statesmentioned
“When this happened he was almost in a state of panic and gripped the seat with both hands." While he contemplated a second visit to the United States, the outbreak of the Civil War in America in 1861 delayed his plans.”
source: Wikipedia: Charles Dickens
9 June 1865exact date
9 June 1865exact date
9 June 1865exact date
9 June 1865exact date
1866year
1868year
18 April 1869exact date
22 April 1869exact date
15 March 1870exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Frederick III, German EmperorGreat Exhibition · 1851Edgar Allan PoeAmerica · 1841Pope Leo XIIIItaly · 1844Joseph JoachimLiverpool · 1867Ignaz MoschelesLondon · 1822Johan Vilhelm SnellmanLondon · 1822J. M. W. TurnerGreat Exhibition · 1851Muzio ClementiCamden Town · 1827Friedrich von AmerlingCamden Town · 1827John BowringCamden Town · 1827Princess Alice of the United KingdomEngland · 1843Ernest Augustus, King of HanoverEngland · 1843
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