The older of these sons, yet another Charles Dodgson, was Carroll's father. His paternal grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803, when his two sons were hardly more than babies. His great-grandfather, Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become the Bishop of Elphin in rural Ireland. Most of his male ancestors were army officers or Anglican clergymen. Early life ĭodgson's family was predominantly northern English, conservative, and high-church Anglican.
There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works. In 1982 a memorial stone to Carroll was unveiled at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Alice Liddell, the daughter of Christ Church's dean Henry Liddell, is widely identified as the original inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this.Īn avid puzzler, Carroll created the word ladder puzzle (which he then called "Doublets"), which he published in his weekly column for Vanity Fair magazine between 18. His poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense.Ĭarroll came from a family of high-church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( / ˈ l ʌ t w ɪ dʒ ˈ d ɒ dʒ s ən/ LUT-wij DOJ-sən 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician.
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