Lewis Carroll
Writer / Mathematician
Name at birth: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carroll was a church deacon and mathematician who published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass in 1871. Originally conceived as nursery tales for the daughter of family friends, they quickly became classics of children's literature. Carroll also wrote light verse, including "The Hunting of the Snark."
Extra credit: As an author of nonsense verse, Carroll is sometimes compared with his fellow Englishman Edward Lear.
Other famous Victorians: poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, author George Eliot and Queen Victoria herself.
Four Good Links
Lewis Carroll Home Page
Great starting place, with online links galore
Victoria Station: Lewis Carroll
Chatty biography, emphasizing his quirks
Just Good Friends?
Tries to make sense of Carroll's relationships with young girls
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
His profile with an emphasis on his mathematics
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
14 January 1898
(Influenza, age 65)
Best Known As
Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
