About
Lewis Carroll, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born on 27 January 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. The eldest of eleven children, he entered Christ Church, Oxford, in 1851 and was appointed mathematics lecturer there in 1855, a post he held for over 26 years. Ordained a deacon in 1861, he never practiced ministry. His most famous work, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865, originated from a story told during a boat trip in 1862 with Alice Liddell, who inspired the character. He also wrote the sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871), as well as poems and mathematical works. A pioneering photographer, he took many portraits, especially of children, before abandoning photography in 1880.
* 1832-01-27 — † 1898-01-14
Major works
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)novel
- Through the Looking-Glass (1871)novel
- Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869)poetry collection
- The Hunting of the Snark (1876)poem
Key milestones
- 1855Appointed mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford.
- 1865Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- 1880Gave up photography.
Themes
Logic and nonsenseChildhood and imaginationWordplay and languageMathematics and recreationsIdentity and transformation
Sources: britishlibrary.cn · britishmuseum.org · bbc.co.uk
