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Lewis Carroll: Birth and Achievements

Charles Dodgson, known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was a mathematician, Anglican cleric, and author born in 1832 in England. He is most famous for his children's books "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass", which were inspired by his friendship with Alice Liddell. Carroll enjoyed entertaining children with stories and published the first Alice book in 1865, which became very popular. He died in 1898 as one of the most popular children's authors in England.

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Lewis Carroll: Birth and Achievements

Charles Dodgson, known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was a mathematician, Anglican cleric, and author born in 1832 in England. He is most famous for his children's books "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass", which were inspired by his friendship with Alice Liddell. Carroll enjoyed entertaining children with stories and published the first Alice book in 1865, which became very popular. He died in 1898 as one of the most popular children's authors in England.

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Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

27 January 1832
Daresbury, Cheshire, England

Died 14 January 1898 (aged 65)


Guildford, Surrey, England

Occupation Writer, mathematician, Anglicancleric, photographer,
artist

Nationality British

Genre Children's literature, fantasy literature, mathematical


logic, poetry, literary nonsense, linear algebra, voting
theory

Notable Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,


works
Through the Looking-Glass,
The Hunting of the Snark,
"Jabberwocky",
Curiosa Mathematica, Part I: A New Theory of
Parallels,
Curiosa Mathematica, Part II: Pillow Problems,
"The Principles of Parliamentary Representation"

Synopsis

Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created
games as a child. At age 20 he received a studentship at Christ Church and was appointed a
lecturer in mathematics. Dodgson was shy but enjoyed creating stories for children. His books
including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" were published under the pen name Lewis
Carroll. Dodgson died in 1898.
Early Life

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the
village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832. The eldest boy in a family of 11 children,
Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. His father, a clergyman, raised
them in the rectory. As a boy, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won many academic prizes.
At age 20, he was awarded a studentship (called a scholarship in other colleges) to Christ
College. Apart from serving as a lecturer in mathematics, he was an avid photographer and wrote
essays, political pamphlets and poetry. "The Hunting of the Snark" displays his wonderful ability
in the genre of literary nonsense.

Alice and Literary Success

Carroll suffered from a bad stammer, but he found himself vocally fluent when
speaking with children. The relationships he had with young people in his
adult years are of great interest, as they undoubtedly inspired his best-known
writings and have been a point of disturbed speculation over the years. Carroll
loved to entertain children, and it was Alice, the daughter of Henry George
Liddell, who can be credited with his pinnacle inspiration. Alice Liddell
remembers spending many hours with Carroll, sitting on his couch while he
told fantastic tales of dream worlds. During an afternoon picnic with Alice and
her two sisters, Carroll told the first iteration of what would later
become Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice arrived home, she
exclaimed that he must write the story down for her.

He fulfilled the small girl's request, and through a series of coincidences, the
story fell into the hands of the novelist Henry Kingsley, who urged Carroll to
publish it. The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was released in 1865.
It gained steady popularity, and as a result, Carroll wrote the sequel, Through
the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871). By the time of his
death, Alice had become the most popular children's book in England, and by
1932 it was one of the most popular in the world.

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