He wrote in his will "that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb... I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens died at ... demanded that ...

When Charles Dickens died ... demanded that Westminster Abbey was the only place for the burial of a writer of his distinction. A few days after his death, the newspaper published a leader calling for ...

Westminster Abbey ... Around 3,330 people are buried at the abbey, including some of the great figures of British history. They include Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Johnson, Rudyard ...

When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

John Dickens’ salary as a clerk didn’t match his love of luxuries and socialising. In early 1824, when Charles was 12 ... in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey. After a private ceremony ...

After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private ... but was laid to rest in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. He also requested that no memorial ...