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About Charles Dickinson (FRS)
- Charles Dickinson FRS (6 March 1755 – 5 February 1827) was an English gentleman, magistrate, amateur scientist, and literary dilettante.On his election (27 November 1800) as a Fellow of the Royal Society, Charles Dickinson was described as a "gentleman well versed in various branches of natural science, and distinguished for his knowledge in polite literature." At age 20 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.
- In 1782 he made a Grand Tour including Italy, France and Germany.
- In 1790 he bought an estate at Farley Hill, Berkshire and resided there at the mansion known as Farley Hill Court.
- He was living in Soho Square in 1800 and had a house in Pimlico at the time of his death.On 7 March 1799 at his residence at 32 Soho Square, Sir Joseph Banks chaired a meeting that formed the Royal Institution of Great Britain by resolution of the subscribers of 50 guineas each.
- As one of the subscribers, Charles Dickinson became part of the group of first Proprietors of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.On 3 August 1807 Charles Dickinson married Catherine Allingham (who was then age 20).
- She became a close friend of the author Mary Russell Mitford.
- Charles Dickinson set up his own printing press and persuaded Mary Mitford to edit his translations of the work of Dante, Tasso, Ariosto, Petrarch, Ovid, and Virgil.
- According to Mary Mitford, Charles translated well and composed original poetry poorly but imagined his compositions good.
- Charles Dickinson belonged to several of the most distinguished literary clubs in London and for many years served as an active magistrate in Berkshire.
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