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Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (28 October 1845 – 2 January 1912) was an English lecturer. The sixth child and fourth son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine, [1] Dickens made lecture tours in Australia, Europe, and the United States on his father's life and work.
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (28 October 1845 – 2 January 1912) Alfred was named after his two godfathers Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Alfred, Count d'Orsay. His father nicknamed him "Sampson Brass" and "Skittles" Like most of the Dickens children, Alfred failed to achieve much in his life.
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (28 October 1845 – 2 January 1912) was an English lecturer. The sixth child and fourth son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine, Dickens made lecture tours in Australia, Europe, and the United States on his father's life and work.
10 de mar. de 2019 · In about 1910, some forty years after the esteemed writer’s death, one of his four sons, Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson Dickens, embarked on a tour of England, giving lectures on the life and work of his father.
Alfred was born in 1845, the sixth child and fourth son of novelist Charles and Catherine Dickens. Alfred migrated to Australia in June 1865 and remained there 45 years. He died in New York, which he was visiting as part of the Dickens Centennial celebrations, and was interred in the Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan. Sources
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- October 28, 1845
- Augusta Devlin, Emily Rebecca (Riley) Dickens
- January 2, 1912
Dickens was so convinced of the redeeming qualities of antipodean emigration that he sent two of his sons, Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson Dickens and Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, to settle in Australia. Both, in their father’s opinion, lacked application and staying power, which would be remedied by a colonial experience.
Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, the sixth child and fourth son of Charles and Catherine Dickens, was named after the soon-to-be English poet laureate and the French dandy who served as his godfathers. Again, Dickens was blatantly attempting to cement his personal association with other prominent Victorians.
