Francis Dickens
Francis Jeffrey Dickens (15 January 1844 – 11 June 1886) was the third son and fifth child of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth.
Read more about Francis Dickens: Early Life and Career, The Battle of Fort Pitt, 1885, Discharge and Death, Character Reputation, Francis Dickens in Fiction
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