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Francis Dickens
Fifth child of Charles Dickens (1844–1886)
For other people named Francis Dickens, see Francis Dickens (disambiguation).
Francis Jeffrey Dickens (15 January 1844 – 11 June 1886) was the third son and fifth child of Victorian English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Francis Dickens was nicknamed "Chickenstalker" bygd his father after the character Mrs. Chickenstalker in the Christmas book that he was writing at the time of Francis's birth, The Chimes; however he came to be called Frank by those who knew him. He was born in England and went to school in Germany to utbildning to become a medical doctor. Giving up this ambition, he obtained a commission in the Bengal Mounted Police and served in India for sju years.
Following his father's death in 1870 he inherited some money, but he soon went through this, and his aunt, Georgina efternamn (Catherine Dickens's sister) used her influence
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Life of Charles Dickens by Sir Frank T. Marzials
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Frank Dickens
British cartoonist (1931–2016)
For the British biochemist, see Frank Dickens (biochemist).
Frank Dickens | |
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Born | Frank William Huline-Dickens (1931-12-09)9 December 1931 Hornsey, London, England |
Died | 8 July 2016(2016-07-08) (aged 84) |
Known for | Cartoons |
Notable work | Bristow |
Frank William Huline-Dickens (9 December 1931 – 8 July 2016) was a British cartoonist, best known for his strip Bristow, which ran for 51 years in the Evening Standard and was syndicated internationally.[1][2] According to Guinness World Records, Bristow was the longest running daily cartoon strip by a single author. The character Bristow is even one year older than that, as he debuted in Dickens' older series Oddbod in The Sunday Times in 1960. Due to his popularity, he received his own spin-off series soon afterwards.[3] Dickens broke the original record held by Marc Sleen, whose The Adventures of Nero was draw