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Elizabeth Culliford Dickens (née Barrow; 21 December 1789 – 12 September 1863) was the wife of John Dickens and the mother of British novelist Charles Dickens. She was the source for Mrs. Nickleby in her son's novel Nicholas Nickleby and for Mrs Micawber in David Copperfield.
Bereits 1857 hatte Dickens die Schauspielerin Ellen Ternan kennengelernt, mit der er bis zu seinem Tod eine enge Beziehung pflegte. Am 9. Juni 1870 verstarb Charles Dickens in Kent, Großbritannien, an einem Schlaganfall.
Charles Dickens wurde am 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth ( Hampshire) geboren. Er war das zweite von acht Kindern von John Dickens (1786–1851), einem mittellosen Marineschreiber im Navy Pay Office in Portsmouth, und seiner Frau Elizabeth (geb. Barrow, 1789–1863).
A few months after his imprisonment, John Dickens's mother, Elizabeth Dickens, died and bequeathed him £450. On the expectation of this legacy, Dickens was released from prison. Under the Insolvent Debtors Act, Dickens arranged for payment of his creditors, and he and his family left the Marshalsea, for the home of Mrs Roylance.
Elizabeth Dickens. Elizabeth Barrow, the daughter of Charles Barrow, and one of ten children, was born in 1785. Her father worked as Chief Conductor of Monies at Somerset House in London. According to her friends she was a slim, energetic young woman who loved dancing. She had received a good education and appreciated music and books.
1823. Sie siedeln sich in der Gowerstraße 4 an. Elizabeth Dickens versucht, eine Schule für junge Damen zu gründen. 1824. Februar: Der Vater wird für Schulden verhaftet und bei Marshalsea eingesperrt. Die Familie (außer Charles und Fanny) schließt sich ihm an.
Dickens's father, John, was the younger son of William Dickens (d. 1785) and Elizabeth Ball (d. 1824), respectively butler and housekeeper in the Crewe family, who had married in 1781. Old Mrs Dickens was fondly remembered by the Crewe children as ' an inimitable story-teller ' (Allen, 12).
