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Augustus Newnham Dickens (10 November 1827 – 4 October 1866) was the youngest brother of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the inspiration for Charles's pen name 'Boz'. Augustus emigrated to America and pursued various careers including as a land agent in Chicago.
Dec 23, 2011 · Tribune editor Horace White published a lengthy correction in 1869, calling Augustus Dickens a "brilliant scapegrace" and defending Chicago against charges of its eternal Second City complex:
Jun 24, 2004 · Charles Dickens’s worldwide fame gave his brother Augustus a name that opened doors even in the rough-hewn Illinois of the 1850s. But the author cut off all contact with his younger brother...
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On Tuesday, January 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern, Lucinda Hawksley will give an online talk about Charles Dickens's brother Augustus (her own "great x4 uncle"), based on her own research conducted in his town of Chicago. Click here to find...
Dec 24, 2006 · Augustus Dickens was 15 years younger than Charles, but close to him in his youth. Charles got Augustus a job with his publishing house and threw him a wedding breakfast when he married Harriet...
In 1834, Dickens began publishing his popular "Sketches by Boz," using an alias derived from his younger brother's nickname. Augustus Dickens was called "Moses," which he pronounced "Boses," and this was then shortened to "Boz." Dickens adopted this as his pen name and jokingly added the word "inimitable."
Dickens tells us in the preface to Pickwick how the nickname 'Boz' arose - Dickens called Augustus 'Moses' after Moses Primrose in The Vicar of Wakefield which 'being facetiously pronounced through the nose, became Boses, and being shortened, became Boz'2.
