death_date children nationality parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name
31 march 1851 frances charles letitia harriet frederick albert augustus great britain william -rrb- dickens -lrb- father -rrb- elizabeth ball -lrb- mother 21 august 1785 father of novelist charles dickens . elizabeth barrow john-dickens . gif john dickens
 john dickens
john dickens

john dickens -lrb- 21 august 1785 -- 31 march 1851 -rrb- was the father of english novelist charles dickens and was the model for mr micawber in his son 's semi-autobiographical novel `` david copperfield '' .
