Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. Wikipedia Born: February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Died: June 9, 1870, Gads Hill Place, Rochester, United Kingdom Spouse: Catherine Dickens (m. 1836–1858) Plays: A Tale of Two Cities, The Frozen Deep, No Thoroughfare, The Goblins Movies: A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, Great Expectations, Oliver!, More