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Augustus Newnham Dickens (10 November 1827 – 4 October 1866) was the youngest brother of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the inspiration for Charles's pen name 'Boz'. Augustus emigrated to America and pursued various careers including as a land agent in Chicago.
Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836.
- Charles Dickens
- 1833
Snodgrass, Augustus is a member of the Pickwick Club and a travelling companion of Mr Pickwick in the Pickwick Papers. He has a poetic nature, but has apparently not written any verse himself. Sowerberry, Mr is the undertaker to whom Oliver is sold by Mr Bumble in the novel Oliver Twist.
Some two years ago Mr. Augustus N. Dickens died, leaving his widow and her large family unprovided for, strangers in a strange land.
Augustus Newnham Dickens. Bio by the creator of this memorial, copied from Wikipedia article. Brother of Charles Dickens, the English author (Memorial #1256). Augustus Dickens was the son of John Dickens, a clerk in the Navy Pay Office at Portsmouth, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Barrow).
24 giu 2004 · Charles Dickens’s worldwide fame gave his brother Augustus a name that opened doors even in the rough-hewn Illinois of the 1850s. But the author cut off all contact with his younger brother...
- Dennis Rodkin
Augustus Newnham DICKENS (10a de novembro 1827 – 4a de oktobro 1866) estis la plej juna frato de angla romanisto Charles Dickens, kaj la inspiro por la plumnomo de Charles kiel 'Boz'. Fakte la unua kolekto de pecoj de Charles, publikigita en 1836: nome Sketches by Boz uzis Boz kiel familia kromnomo kiun li uzis kiel pseŭdonimo dum kelkaj jaroj.
