Lewis Carroll

27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an English author, mathematician and photographer best known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. He spent nearly his entire adult life at Christ Church, Oxford, where he lectured in mathematics.

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Born in Daresbury, Cheshire
27 January 1832

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born at the parsonage in Daresbury, Cheshire, the eldest son of an Anglican clergyman.

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Attended Rugby School
1846 – 1849

Dodgson was a pupil at Rugby School from 1846 to 1849, where he excelled academically but was unhappy in the boarding environment.

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Matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford
1851 – 1854

Dodgson went up to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1851, earning first-class honours in mathematics and remaining at the college for the rest of his life.

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Appointed Mathematical Lecturer at Christ Church
1855 – 1881

Dodgson became Mathematical Lecturer at Christ Church in 1855, a post he held until 1881.

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Told the original Alice story on a boat trip
4 July 1862

On 4 July 1862, during a rowing trip on the Thames with the daughters of Dean Henry Liddell, Dodgson improvised the story that became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Alice Liddell.

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Published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
November 1865

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by John Tenniel, was published under the pen name Lewis Carroll in 1865 and became a landmark of children's literature.

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Published Through the Looking-Glass
December 1871

The sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There was published in December 1871 (dated 1872), containing the poem 'Jabberwocky'.

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Published The Hunting of the Snark
1876

Carroll's long nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark was published in 1876.

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Died in Guildford, Surrey
14 January 1898

Dodgson died of pneumonia following influenza at his sisters' home in Guildford, two weeks before his 66th birthday.

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