# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustus-dickens
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:48:58.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustus-dickens"
name: "Augustus Dickens"
slug: "augustus-dickens"
description: "Augustus Newnham Dickens 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. While he was described as social and cultured, with his home the center of lively gatherings, including artists and writers, there were rumors of alcoholism. He had also left his first wife in England to emigrate with another woman, who was known as his wife in America. He died aged 38, perhaps of tuberculosis and is buried in Graceland Cemetery."
tagline: "Brother of Victorian-era novelist Charles Dickens (1827-1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Augustus_Newnham_Dickens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1827-11-10"
deathDate: "1866-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             7.660110149488592
  historical:           2.879842666666667
  currentAttention:     32.52032520325203
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "اوجسطس ديكنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Dickens"
    title: "Augustus Dickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Dickens"
    title: "Augustus Dickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4775740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations