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| | Literary Encyclopedia: Charles Dickens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth. |
 | | John Dickens was far from being at the centre of this world, of course, as the son of even a senior servant, but it seems likely that his acquaintance with this high life made him feel that he himself was a gentleman, occupying a higher social position than he was fated to inhabit. |
 | | Charles had the beginnings of a probably rudimentary education at a day school, followed by a year with William Giles, a serious young teacher with whom Dickens began more rigorous schooling. |
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