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Dickens (surname)
Dickens is an English surname originating from the name Dick, the diminutive of Richard, stemmed with the patronymic termination ens, meaning belonging to, or the son of. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Dickens family/descendants * John Dickens (1785–1851), the father of novelist Charles Dickens * Charles Dickens (1812–1870), British novelist of the Victorian era * Catherine Dickens (1815–1879), estranged wife of Charles Dickens * Frederick Dickens (1820–1868), younger brother of Charles Dickens * Alfred Lamert Dickens (1822–1860), younger brother of Charles Dickens * Augustus Dickens (1827–1866), younger brother of Charles Dickens * Charles Dickens Jr. (1837–1896), editor and writer, first child of Charles Dickens * Mary Dickens (1838–1896) oldest daughter of Charles Dickens * Kate Dickens (1839–1929), second daughter of Charles Dickens and an artist * Walter Landor Dickens (1841–1863) son of Charles Dickens * Francis Dickens (1844–1886 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Annie Dickens
Dora Annie Dickens (16 August 1850 – 14 April 1851) was the infant daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. She was the ninth of their ten children, and the youngest of their three daughters. Life Born at 1 Devonshire Terrace, Dora Dickens was named after the character Dora Spenlow, the child-bride of David Copperfield in Charles' 1850 novel ''David Copperfield''. According to her oldest sister, Mary, on 14 April 1851 her father spent much of his time "playing with the children and carrying little Dora about the house and garden" of their Devonshire Terrace home.Mary Dickens, ''Cornhill Magazine'' January 1885Ackroyd, pg 627 He then changed and went to the London Tavern for an annual dinner, at which he was to give a speech. Shortly before he spoke, his friend John Forster was called out of the room by one of Charles' servants, who came with the news that Dora had suddenly died after convulsions. He kept this from Charles until the speech was done. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaniel Dickens
Kaniel Dickens (born July 21, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (50th pick overall) in the 2000 NBA draft. College career Dickens first played college basketball for Barton Junior College and then Tyler Junior College. He ended his college career by playing two seasons at the University of Idaho. At Idaho, Dickens averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds. Professional career In addition to being drafted 50th overall by the Jazz, Dickens was drafted 42nd by the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association and 21st by the Las Vegas Silver Bandits of the International Basketball League. Dickens played the 2000–01 season for Ural Great in Russia. Dickens was signed as a free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers on December 19, 2003 and appeared in 3 games for them during the 2003–04 season. He signed a 10-day contract with the New Jersey Nets on 01/05/2005 and saw action in 11 games. 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Dickens
Peggy Dickens (born 8 December 1975 in Schiltigheim) is a French slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith. Dickens also finished fourth in the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... World Cup individual podiums :1 World Championship counting for World Cup points References *Sports-reference.com profile 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Dickens (rugby Player)
Alan Dickens (born 2 April 1976 in Knowsley) is a retired rugby union footballer who last played at scrum half for Northampton Saints, having previously represented Saracens, Sale Sharks and Leeds Carnegie after experience in the national leagues with Manchester Rugby Club and Stourbridge R.F.C. He also spent a period during his Saracens career, coaching boys from Merchant Taylors School. Dickens is currently the attacking coach at Northampton, and more recently has filled in as the head coach at the Saints following Jim Mallinder’s departure Early life Dickens was born4 Feb 1976 in Knowsley, Merseyside. He trained to be a teacher, teaching at Chellaston Foundation School and Technology College and West Park Community School, Spondon after graduating from University College Worcester. He first experienced rugby in England's national leagues playing for Stourbridge R.F.C. and then Manchester Rugby Club in National Division Two, for whom he appeared in all but one game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Dickens
Alan William Dickens (born 3 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder. He played the majority of his football at West Ham United and Chelsea, and later played non-league football. He had a short spell as manager of Barking. He is now assistant manager of the Barking FC under 23s. Career Dickens was born in Plaistow, Essex, and started training with West Ham United at under-11 level. He played for Newham, captaining the side, and Essex as a teenager. As well as training with West Ham, he spent Christmas and summer holidays training with Manchester United, then managed by former Hammer Dave Sexton. He decided to sign as a schoolboy for West Ham at the age of 15, and won the FA Youth Cup with his local club in 1981. He gained four caps for England Youth, and later played for the England under-21 team, against Finland on 16 October 1984. He signed for the Hammers as an apprentice on 14 July 1981 and as a profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Dickens
Stanley Dickens (born 7 May 1952) is a Swedish racing driver who won the Le Mans 24 hours in 1989 driving a Sauber C9- Mercedes. He was born in Färila
Färila () is a locality situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,293 inhabitants in 2010. Färila is situated in a valley near the river Ljusnan. People to commute to and from Ljusdal. The town is an industrial centr ... .
Notable results * 1000km of Suzuka: 1st,1989 * 500km of Fuji: 1st,1988, 2nd,1986, 3e,1990 * 500km of Mid-Ohio: 3e,1989 * Interserie Nürburgring: 1st (class win),1984 * 200 mile of Norisring: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Dickens
Ernest Leslie Dickens (June 25, 1921 – September 27, 1985) was a Canadian two-sport athlete from Manitoba. He played soccer for Winnipeg United Weston and then enjoyed a career as an ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) , playing with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1942 and 1951. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and achievements * Stanley Cup Championship (1942) * AHL First All-Star Team (1947) * Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum for ice hockey in Manitoba, located on the main level of the Canada Life Centre in downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1985, when the first honoured members were named an ... External links * Ernie Dickens's biographya [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Dickens
Frank William Huline-Dickens (9 December 1931 – 8 July 2016) was a British cartoonist, best known for his strip "Bristow (cartoon), Bristow", which ran for 51 years in the ''Evening Standard'' and was syndicated internationally. According to ''Guinness World Records'', "Bristow" was the longest running daily cartoon strip by a single author. The character Bristow is even one year older than that, as he debuted in Dickens' older series ''Oddbod'' in ''The Sunday Times'' in 1960. Due to his popularity he received his own spin-off (media), spin-off series soon afterwards. Dickens broke the original record held by Marc Sleen, whose ''The Adventures of Nero'' was drawn for 45 years without any assistance. However, even Dickens' record has been broken in his turn by Jim Russell (cartoonist), Jim Russell, whose series ''The Potts'' ran for 62 years. Dickens received eight awards for "Strip Cartoonist of the Year" from the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain. Career Born in Hornsey, Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Charles Dickens (actor)
Gerald Roderick Charles Dickens (born 9 October 1963) is an English actor and performer best known for his one-man shows based on the novels of his great-great-grandfather Charles Dickens. He was the President of the Dickens Fellowship from 2005 to 2007. Early life Born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the fourth child and second son of David Kenneth Charles Dickens (1925–2005) and his wife Betty (1927–2010), Dickens is the grandson of Gerald Charles Dickens RN (after whom he was named) and the great-grandson of Henry Fielding Dickens KC; he is also the cousin of author Monica Dickens, biographer and writer Lucinda Hawksley, and actor Harry Lloyd. Dickens attended Huntleys Secondary School for Boys in Royal Tunbridge Wells and West Kent College. His acting career started with the youth drama group Design Theatre Workshop in his home town of Tunbridge Wells, with whom he learned the rudiments of stagecraft including improvisations and various exercises designed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gerald Charles Dickens
Peter Gerald Charles Dickens Distinguished Service Order, DSO, Order of the British Empire, MBE, Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC, Royal Navy, RN (6 April 1917 – 25 May 1987) was a Royal Navy officer during World War II and a great-grandson of English novel, novelist Charles Dickens. Life and career The son of Admiral Sir Gerald Charles Dickens and Kathleen Pearl Birch, Peter Dickens was born in Fulham in London in 1917. Dickens joined the Royal Navy as a naval cadet in September 1934, being promoted to midshipman in May 1935, when he was serving aboard in the Home Fleet. Dickens was acting sub-lieutenant in September 1937 and sub-lieutenant in May 1938 while serving aboard the Royal yacht#United Kingdom, Royal Yacht in Portsmouth. In 1940 he took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk evacuation, Dunkirk. From June 1942, Dickens was the commanding officer of HM Motor Torpedo Boat, MTB 234 and the senior officer of 21st MTB Flotilla when, in August 1942, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Charles Dickens
Cedric David Charles Dickens (24 September 1916 – 11 February 2006) was an English author and businessman, a great-grandson of Charles Dickens and the steward of his literary legacy. He was a lifelong supporter of the Charles Dickens Museum in Holborn, London, and twice President of the Dickens Fellowship. Biography Dickens was the son of Philip "Pip" Charles Dickens (1887–1964), a chartered accountant and the first secretary of ICI. He was the grandson of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, the eighth of Dickens's ten children, a Common Serjeant of London, and the nephew of Admiral Sir Gerald Charles Dickens. He attended Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in Law in 1935. After three trips to the Caribbean by banana boat, Dickens joined the British Tabulating Machine Company in 1937. Dickens joined the RNVR on the outbreak of World War II in 1939, leaving the Royal Navy in 1946 as a first lieutenant.''Cedric Charles Dickens Memorial Booklet''. City Pickwick Club (2006). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
