Frances Elizabeth Burnett

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Frances Elizabeth Burnett (Dickens)

Also Known As: "Fanny", "Eliza"
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Birthplace: Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: September 02, 1848 (37-38)
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Daughter of John Dickens and Elizabeth Cuilliford Dickens
Wife of Henry Burnett
Mother of Henry Augustus Burnett, Jr. and Charles Dickens Kneller Burnett
Sister of Charles Dickens; Alfred Allen Dickens; Letitia Mary Dickens; Harriet Ellen Dickens; Frederick William Dickens and 2 others

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About Frances Elizabeth Burnett

Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Dickens was the oldest sister of novelist Charles Dickens with whom he was very close in childhood. She was a talented woman and studied music at the Royal Academy of Music. Fanny married Henry Burnett and had a crippled son, Henry Jr, whom Dickens used as a model for both Paul Dombey and Tiny Tim. Fanny died of consumption at age 38.

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Frances Elizabeth Burnett's Timeline

1810
1810
Scotland, United Kingdom
1839
November 25, 1839
Camden, Middlesex, England
1841
April 12, 1841
Camden, London, England
1848
September 2, 1848
Age 38