Elizabeth Dickens

Elizabeth Dickens
Born
Elizabeth Culliford Barrow

(1789-12-21)21 December 1789
Died12 September 1863(1863-09-12) (aged 73)
NationalityEnglish
SpouseJohn Dickens
ChildrenFrances Dickens
Charles Dickens
Alfred Allen Dickens
Letitia Dickens
Harriet Dickens
Frederick Dickens
Alfred Lamert Dickens
Augustus Dickens
Parent(s)Charles Barrow
Mary Culliford
FamilyBarrow, Dickens

Elizabeth Culliford Dickens (née Barrow; 21 December 1789 – 12 September 1863) was the wife of John Dickens and the mother of English novelist Charles Dickens. She was the source for Mrs. Nickleby in her son's novel Nicholas Nickleby[1] and for Mrs Micawber in David Copperfield.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Page was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ A Transcription of Charles Dickens's "A Bundle of Emigrants' Letters" (30 March 1850) on Victorian Web