Dickens Bio

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the second child of Elizabeth and John Dickens. His father worked as a clerk in the Naval Pay Office in a suburb of Portsmouth. This job took him and his family to London two years later and then to Chatham where at only four years old Charles started his schooling. The Dickens family remained in Chatham and Charles continued his schooling until 1821 when his father lost his job and most of his income. The family then moved to a house in Camden Town, London. They happily lived there for three years until his father found himself so far into debt that he was arrested. He was imprisoned and forced to work at Warren’s Blacking Factory at Hungerford Market until he could pay off his debts. Charles had to walk four miles just to visit his father in prison. Eventually, Charles’ family found a home closer to the prison, until May of the 1824, when his father was released. They moved back to Camden Town

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