Charles John Huffman Dickens By rmarcotte12568 Feb 7, 1812 Charles Dickens was born Charles John Huffman Dickens was the second oldest child born from Elizabeth and John Dickens. He was born on 387 Mile EndTerrace in Landport, Portsmouth, in the United Kingdom. Period: Feb 7, 1812 to Jun 9, 1870 Charles Dickens Lifespan Jan 1, 1832 Begins Career as a Journalist Jan 1, 1833 First Published Work Jan 1, 1837 Dickens marries Catherine Hogarth Jan 1, 1840 Dickens creates "Master Humphrey's Clock" Mar 1, 1870 Dickens last public reading Jun 9, 1870 Dickens has a stroke and dies