William Wilberforce
1759–1833
Member of Parliament who fought the slave trade for twenty years
Westminster Abbey, London
In memory of
Charles Dickens
Novelist of Victorian poverty
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 58 years
- Resting place
- Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
At twelve Dickens was sent to work in a boot-blacking factory while his father sat in a debtors' prison; the experience runs through everything he wrote. His novels appeared in monthly instalments that whole households waited for and read aloud.
He asked for a quiet, private funeral with no memorial. He was buried in Westminster Abbey instead, and the grave was left open for two days while thousands filed past.
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