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Charles Dickens, Jr, born Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (6 January 1837 – 20 July 1896), was the first child of the English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. A failed businessman, he became the editor of his father's magazine ''All the Year Round'', and a successful writer of dictionaries. He is now most remembered for his two 1879 books ''Dickens's Dictionary of London'' and ''Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames''. ==Life and career== In 1837, Charles Dickens, Jr was born on 6 January, at Furnival's Inn, Holborn, London, the first child of the English novelist Charles Dickens and his then-wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth.〔 He was called "Charley" by family and friends. In 1847, aged 10, he entered the junior department of King's College, London. He went to Eton College, and visited Leipzig in 1853 to study German.〔 In 1855, aged 18, he entered Barings Bank.〔 In 1858, after his parents' separation, with his father's agreement, he went to live with his mother.〔 As a young man, Dickens showed skills that could have led to a career in journalism but his father encouraged him to go into business. With ambitions to become a tea merchant, he visited China, Hong Kong and Japan in 1860.〔 In 1861, he married Bessie Evans (born Elisabeth Matilda Moule Evans), daughter of Frederick Mullett Evans, his father's former publisher.〔 They had eight children: *Mary Angela (1862–1948) *Ethel Kate (1864–1936) *Charles Walter (1865–1923) *Sydney Margaret (1866–1955) *Dorothy Gertrude (1868–1923) *Beatrice (1869–1937) *Cecil Mary (1871–1952) *Evelyn Bessie (1873–1924) In 1866 he was appointed as the first Honorary Secretary of the Metropolitan Regatta. In 1868, after the failure of his printing business, and bankruptcy, he was hired by his father to work at ''All the Year Round'' and was appointed sub-editor the following year.〔〔 In 1870, after his father's death, Dickens, Jr. inherited the magazine and became its editor. At this time he also bought at auction Gads Hill Place, his father's Kent home, but he was forced to give it up in 1879.〔 In 1879 he published (jointly with his father-in-law) the first editions of his two main dictionaries, ''Dickens's Dictionary of London'' and ''Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames''.〔 In 1882 his dictionaries were picked up by Macmillan & Co. who also released his third dictionary, ''Dickens's Dictionary of Paris'', delayed by verifications explained in its introduction.〔(Antiquarian Books, Johnnycake Books Inc ): "Dickens's Dictionary of Paris 1882: An Unconventional Handbook London MacMillan 1882, First Edition Decorated Cloth Boards Good Scarcest of the Dickens's dictionaries, with a preface by the author attesting that his "determination on my part not to issue the book until I was quite satisfies that the information contained in it was trustworthy and to the point" caused delay of its publication." () Scarce Dickens item."〕〔(DICKEN WITHOUT S, FIND MORE RESULTS WITH TYPOS TOO-->%27s+Dictionary+of+Paris&fq=&se=yr&sd=asc&qt=sort_yr_asc Worldcat.org, editions of ''Dickens's Dictionary of Paris'' ) (search with typo "Dicken" finds more results, both with and without typo)〕 Charles Dickens, Jr. died of heart disease, at his home in Fulham, London, on 20 July 1896, aged 59. He was buried at Mortlake cemetery on 23 July 1896.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Dickens, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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