"Dickens" redirects here. For other uses, see Dickens (disambiguation) . Charles Dickens Born Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812-02-07 ) 7 February 1812 Landport , Portsmouth , England Died 9 June 1870 ( 1870-06-09 ) (aged 58) Gad's Hill Place , Higham, Kent , England Resting place Poets' Corner , Westminster Abbey