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Francis Jeffrey Dickens (15 January 1844 – 11 June 1886) was the third son and fifth child of Victorian English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth. [1] Early life and career.
22 de jan. de 2008 · His unspectacular career was marked by recklessness, laziness and heavy drinking. He retired in 1886 and died shortly thereafter. Dickens can be blamed for worsening relations between the Blackfoot and the NWMP and for the growing antipathy of the officer cadre toward Englishmen.
Learn about the life and career of Francis Jeffrey Dickens, the fifth child of Charles Dickens and a police officer in Canada. He served in the North West Mounted Police during the turbulent years of the 1880s and witnessed the Frog Lake Massacre.
DICKENS, FRANCIS JEFFREY, NWMP officer; b. 15 Jan. 1844 at London, England, fifth child and third son of Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth; d. unmarried 11 June 1886 at Moline, Ill. Francis Jeffrey Dickens inherited none of his famous father’s literary talent. He was educated at a school for English boys at Boulogne, France, but did ...
12 de mar. de 2016 · One of the first officers of the newly formed North-West Mounted Police, Francis Dickens, son of novelist Charles Dickens, was noted for his famous parentage, if not much else. Written by Vic Parsons — Posted March 12, 2016
O seu romance de 1859, A Tale of Two Cities (que tem lugar em Londres e Paris) é a sua obra de ficção histórica mais conhecida. Dickens foi uma das celebridades mais famosas da sua época e era bastante procurado pelo público. No final da sua carreira, Dickens fez várias digressões onde lia as suas obras em público.
5 de jul. de 2012 · Francis Jeffrey Dickens (1844-1886) – Francis was nicknamed “Chickenstalker” by his father. The name is from a character in The Chimes. Francis considered many careers including medicine, farming and journalism. He ended up joining the Bengal Mounted Police. Later he joined Canada’s Northwest Mounted Police.
