Lewis Carroll
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts, Science
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Mathematics, Mathematicians, Photography, Photographers
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Lewis Carroll wrote stories and poems that fundamentally changed and enlivened children’s literature. He also pioneered children’s photography and published books that advanced the fields of logic and mathematics.
Early Life
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, on January 27, 1832. His father, Charles Dodgson, had given up his fellowship and lectureship in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford University, to marry Frances Jane Lutwidge in 1827. Carroll was the first...
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