Catherine Dickens

Family Member

Birthday May 19, 1815

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Scotland

DEATH DATE Nov 22, 1879 (64)

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About

Wife of the iconic author Charles Dickens. She grew up in Scotland as the oldest of ten children of Edinburgh newspaper editor George Hogarth.

Before Fame

She met Dickens through her father, who edited a newspaper for which Dickens wrote several pieces.

Trivia

She traveled all over the world with her husband and supported all of his literary endeavors.

Family Life

She had ten children with Charles Dickens: Charles, Kate, Walter, Mary, Alfred, Francis, Henry, Sydney, Edward, and Dora.

Associated With

She married Charles Dickens when he was starting to serialize his first novel.