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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.
English. Augustus Snodgrass is a fictional character in Charles Dickens 's first novel, The Pickwick Papers (1836). He considers himself a Romantic poet, though there is no mention of any of his own poetry in the novel. [1] [2]
24 de jun. de 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
23 de dez. de 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:
The family members include: John Dickens (1785–1851), married Elizabeth Barrow (1789–1863) Frances Elizabeth Dickens (1810–1848), married Henry Burnett. Henry Augustus Burnett (1839–1849) Charles Dickens Kneller Burnett (1841–1881) Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870), novelist, married Catherine Hogarth (1815–1879)
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...
Dickens tells us in the preface to Pickwick how the nickname 'Boz' arose - Dickens called Augustus 'Moses' after Moses Primrose in The Vicar of Wakefield which 'being facetiously pronounced through the nose, became Boses, and being shortened, became Boz'2.
