Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll)
- Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll)
(1832-1898)
Mathematician and writer of books for children, s. of a clergyman at Daresbury, Cheshire, was ed. at Rugby and Oxf. After taking orders he was appointed lecturer on mathematics, on which subject he pub. several valuable treatises. His fame rests, however, on his books for children, full of ingenuity and delightful humour, of which Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel, Through the Looking-glass, are the best.
Short biographical dictionary of English literature .
John W. Cousin.
2011.
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge — (1832 1898) Better known as Lewis Carroll. A British mathematician, and member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), as well as an author of children s books, who is probably best known for his Alice s Adventures in Wonderland.As… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson — noun English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children s stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832 1898) • Syn: ↑Carroll, ↑Lewis Carroll, ↑Dodgson, ↑Reverend Dodgson, ↑Charles… … Useful english dictionary
