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Lewis Carroll (1832-1989). Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, in Daresbury, Cheshire.  He was the third child of eleven.  In his early years, he was educated at home. At age 7, he was reading Pilgrim’s Progress.  At age 12, he was sent to school, where he seemed to be happy, but at 13, he changed schools, and was no longer happy.  He went to Oxford in 1851, spending the rest of his life there.  His favorite subject was mathematics. He was ordained and he did sometimes preach, although he did not follow this as a lifetime career. (After reading several short biographies, each differing slightly in presentation of his religious beliefs, I am unsure what his actual religious beliefs were. Also, too, various biographers present differing opinions regarding his morality – what is truth and what is fictitious, I am unable to determine.)  He developed quite an interest in photography and apparently enjoyed this as a hobby. Preferring to use the pen-name Lewis Carroll, which some believe he created using the letters in his given name, he is most noted for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and  Through the Looking Glass.  He also wrote poetry. His other works include:

• The Hunting of the Snark
• Sylvie and Bruno
• Jabberwocky
• The Walrus and the Carpenter

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