Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed byThrough the Looking-Glassin 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for children including the nonsense poemThe Hunting of the Snarkand fairy storiesSylvie and Bruno.