Lewis Carroll

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  • BirthName: Charles Dodgson
  • Pseudonym: Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll, seated and looking down, his legs crossed at the knee. The object he cradles in his hands, half-wrapped in a cloth, is his state-of-the-art folding camera.

Milestones

27 January 1832

Charles Dodgson (better known as LC ), mathematician, photographer, and children's writer, was born at Daresbury near Warrington in Lancashire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

14 January 1898

Charles Dodgson (better known as LC ), mathematician, photographer, and children's writer, died at The Chestnuts, Castle Hill, Guildford, Surrey.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Biography

27 January 1832

Charles Dodgson (better known as LC ), mathematician, photographer, and children's writer, was born at Daresbury near Warrington in Lancashire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
He was educated at home by his father, an Anglican priest. LC attended grammar school from the age of twelve, and later went on to study mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford . He graduated in 1854.
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.

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