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Spouse of Charles Dickens (1815–1879)

Catherine Thomson "Kate" Dickens (néeHogarth; 19 May 1815 – 22 November 1879) was the Scottish wife of English novelist Charles Dickens, the mother of his ten children, and a writer of domestic management.

Early life

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1815, Catherine moved to England with her family in 1824. She was the eldest daughter of ten children to George Hogarth and Georgina Thomson.

Her father was a journalist for the Edinburgh Courant, and later became a writer and music critic for the Morning Chronicle, where Dickens was a young journalist, and later the editor of the Evening Chronicle.

Marriage

Dickens immediately took a liking to the 19-year-old Catherine and invited her to his 23rd birthday party. She was attractive, intelligent, kind and a gifted musician.^[2] Catherine and Dickens became engaged in 1835 and he had his likeness painted on ivory by Rose Emma Drummond as an en