Charles Dickens was born in England and spent his childhood there. He did not move to England at any specific point in his life.
Dickens travelled widely - particularly for a time where travelling was far more arduous than today; he visited the USA twice and travelled in continental Europe.
Charles Dickens was 12 when they moved to London
he was 18
Charles Dickens moved to Kent in 1856, after purchasing Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent. He lived in this house until his death in 1870.
he went to work in a factory
Dickens was 9 yrs. old.
Charles Dickens was 58 when he died of a stroke on the 9th June 1870.
John Dickens moved his family from Kent to London in 1822, when Charles was ten.
Charles Dickens was 25 years old when he had his first child, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, with his wife Catherine.
Charles Dickens was 45 years old when he separated from his wife Catherine in 1858. Their marriage was annulled in 1870.
Charles Dickens' father, John Dickens, died at the age of 63 and his mother, Elizabeth Dickens, died at the age of 76.
He mostly spent his childhood and life in London, England. There he lived a happy life, until his father and family went to jail because of debt. Charles had to work off the debt for his family. The inspiration from "A Christmas Carol" came from this experience.
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