Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Biography

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L.

Dodgson, author of the children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass.

" 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.

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.

Photography and Legacy, besides writing, Carroll created a number of fine photographs.

His notable portraits include those of the actress Ellen Terry and the poet Alfred Tennyson.

He also photographed children in every possible costume and situation, eventually making nude studies of them.

Despite conjecture, little real evidence of child abuse can be brought against him.

Shortly before his 66th birthday, Lewis Carroll caught a severe case of influenza, which led to pneumonia.

He died on January 14, 1898, leaving an enigma behind him.

Country
United Kingdom
Gender
Male
Education
Rugby School·Christ Church· Oxford
Place of birth
Daresbury
Birth date
27 January 1832
Nationality
British

  • Dodgson was a mathematics lecturer and author of mathematics books at Oxford University (1855-81) who is better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
  • Appears on sleeve of The Beatles "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club" album.
  • Created "Alices Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" as a diversion for Alice Liddell , the second daughter of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church.
  • Was by nature shy and withdrawn.
  • His novel Alice in Wonderland is an influence on author Neil Gaiman , e.g.
  • Wrote the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" from "Alice in Wonderland" as nonsense - it has no answer.
  • Its thought Alice in Wonderland sold so well at the time it was written was because when reality was too grim to deal with, people could escape into fantasy like this.

  • Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
  • Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
  • It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
  • It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
  • Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
  • Have i gone mad?im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.
  • Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---And remember who you are!,Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.
  • One! two!
  • Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.
  • Where should I go?" -Alice.

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