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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.
On Tuesday, January 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern, Lucinda Hawksley will give an online talk about Charles Dickens's brother Augustus (her own "great x4 uncle"), based on her own research conducted in his town of Chicago. Click here to find...
11. Sept. 2018 · London, Middlesex, England. Death: October 04, 1866 (38) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (died from tuberculosis in Chicago, America) Place of Burial: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Immediate Family: Son of John Dickens and Elizabeth Cuilliford Dickens. Husband of Harriett Dickens.
23. Dez. 2011 · Tribune editor Horace White published a lengthy correction in 1869, calling Augustus Dickens a "brilliant scapegrace" and defending Chicago against charges of its eternal Second City complex:
Dickens took the pseudonym from a nickname he had given his younger brother Augustus, whom he called "Moses" after a character in Oliver Goldsmith 's The Vicar of Wakefield. This, "being facetiously pronounced through the nose," became "Boses", which in turn was shortened to "Boz".
Augustus Newnham Dickens (1827 - 1866) Born 10 Nov 1827 in London, England, United Kingdom. Ancestors. Son of John Dickens and Elizabeth Culliford (Barrow) Dickens. Brother of Frances Elizabeth Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Letitia Mary Dickens, Harriet Ellen Dickens, Frederick William Dickens and Alfred Lamert Dickens.
Indexseite. [ 766 ]Warum Dickens den Schriftstellernamen „Boz“ annahm. Boz war der Spitzname eines jüngeren Bruders von Charles Dickens, zu welchem jener dadurch gekommen, daß Bruder Charles ihn nach dem Knaben in Goldsmith’s „Vicar of Wakefield“ Moses getauft hatte, was, durch die Nase gesprochen, zu „Boses“ entstellt wurde und ...
