Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and author.
 She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural season of the television series "American Idol", which earned her a record deal with RCA Records.
 Clarkson's debut single, "Before Your Love/A Moment Like This", topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and became the best-selling single of 2002 in the nation.
 It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, "Thankful" (2003), which debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart.
 Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson decided to part ways with "American Idol" management and developed a more pop rock sound for her second album, "Breakaway" (2004).
 It sold over 12 million copies worldwide and earned Clarkson two Grammy Awards.
 She took further creative control for her third album, "My December" (2007), by becoming the executive producer and co-writing the entire album.
 However, it caused a feud with her label, that was dissatisfied with her darker, less commercial rock music and reluctantly promoted the album.
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'RA', '4': "} (3 December 1793 – 18 May 1867) was a prominent English marine painter; he is often though inaccurately called William Clarkson Stanfield.
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.
 He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
 His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius.
 His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
Werner Erhard: The Transformation of a Man, The Founding of est is a biography of Werner Erhard by philosophy professor William Warren Bartley, III.
 The book was published in 1978 by Clarkson Potter.
 Bartley was professor of philosophy at California State University and had studied with philosopher Karl Popper.
 He was the author of several books on philosophy, including a biography about Ludwig Wittgenstein.
 Prior to writing the book, Bartley was a friend of Erhard's and was involved in his company Erhard Seminars Training ("est").
 While writing the book, Bartley was paid US$30,000 in the role of philosophical consultant for est.
 Erhard wrote a foreword to the book.
 The book's structure describes Erhard's education, transformation, reconnection with his family, and the theories of the est training.
Carl Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is an American writer and theologian.
 He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books.
 His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays and sermons, and his career has spanned six decades.
 Buechner's books have been translated into many languages for publication around the world.
 He is best known for his works "A Long Day's Dying" (his first work, published in 1950); "The Book of Bebb", a tetralogy based on the character Leo Bebb published in 1979; "Godric", a first person narrative of the life of the medieval saint, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1981; "Brendan", a second novel narrating a saint's life, published in 1987; "Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner" (1992); and his autobiographical works "The Sacred Journey" (1982), "Now and Then" (1983), "Telling Secrets" (1991), and "The Eyes of the Heart: Memoirs of the Lost and Found" (1999).
 He has been called "Major talent" and "...a very good writer indeed" by "the New York Times", and "one of our most original storytellers" by USA Today.
 Annie Dillard (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek") says: "Frederick Buechner is one of our finest writers."
The Story of a Great Schoolmaster is a 1924 biography of Frederick William Sanderson (1857-1922) by H. G. Wells.
 It is the only biography Wells wrote.
 Sanderson was a personal friend, having met Wells in 1914 when his sons George Philip ('Gip'), born in 1901, and Frank Richard, born in 1903, became pupils at Oundle School, of which Sanderson was headmaster from 1892 to 1922.
 After Sanderson died while giving a lecture at University College London at which he was introduced by Wells, the famous author agreed to help produce a biography to raise money for the school.
 But in December 1922, after disagreements emerged with Sanderson's widow about his approach to the subject, Wells withdrew from the official biography (published in 1923 as "Sanderson of Oundle"; Wells wrote much of the text but the volume was published without listing an author) and published his own work separately.
Frederick Clarkson is an American journalist and public speaker in the fields of politics and religion.
 He is the author of "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy" (1997, ISBN  ); editor of "Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America" (2008, ISBN  ); and co-author of "Challenging the Christian Right: The Activist’s Handbook" (1992) for which he and his co-author were named among the "Media Heroes of 1992" by the Institute for Alternative Journalism.
 They were described as "especially brave at taking on powerful institutions and persistent about getting stories out...journalists and activists who persevere in fighting censorship and protecting the First Amendment," and "understanding the Christian Right's recent strategy of stealth politics early on, and or doggedly tracking its activities across the U.S." He has also published articles with Salon.com, "Ms. magazine", "The Christian Science Monitor", and other publications.
 As of 2008, he served on the advisory board of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution, an organization dedicated to opposing the religious right; and on the editorial boards of "The Public Eye" and "In These Times" magazines.
Francis Stanfield (1835-1914) was an English Catholic priest who worked in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster.
 He is noted for having written and composed the music for several hymns, most notably "Sweet Sacrament divine".
 He was a son of the painter, and friend of Charles Dickens, Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.
James R Webb (1825–1895) was a British painter specialising in marine views and landscapes.
 He lived all his life in Chelsea, London.
 He exhibited in London at the Royal Academy and the British Institute between 1850 and 1888, and many of his works still hang in London in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Tate Gallery.
 Other works are found in a large number of provincial galleries.
 Webb was a pupil of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.
 His father Archibald Webb and his brother Byron Webb were also noted painters.
Lonn Friend (born July 29, 1956) is an American journalist and author.
 Friend is best known for his work in the late 1980s and '90s as editor of "RIP Magazine".
 Friend began his career in 1982, as associate editor of "Hustler Magazine", the flagship journal of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP).
 After rising to senior editor at Hustler, he transitioned to Executive Editor of "Chic Magazine", and then to "RIP" in the Spring of 1987.
 "RIP" was the first non-pornographic publication produced by LFP.
 Friend documented his experiences with the heroes of heavy metal in his 2006 memoir, "Life on Planet Rock", and released his follow-up, "Sweet Demotion", in 2011.
 He is currently the host of "Energize: The Lonn Friend Podcast".

Question: When was the author friend of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield born?
Answer: 7 February 1812