On January 27, 1832, a future English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born to this earth. Dodgson was better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll. Dodgson was born in Warrington, Cheshire. Dodgson’s father was given the living of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire when Dodgson was 11 years of age. After his father was given that, the whole family moved to a spacious rectory. As a young man, Dodgson suffered from a stammer. A stammer is an affliction shared by his siblings that influenced his social life most of his years. Dodgson went to a small private school in nearby Richmond when he was at the age of 12. When Dodgson was still young he moved to a Rugby School where he was less happy at rather than the Richmond School. (Wikipedia)

Charles Dodgson as a young adult was about 6 feet, very slim, and handsome. Dodgson was described to have curly brown hair and blue eyes. Later on in his life, Dodgson was described to walk stiffly and very awkward like as if he had a knee injury. When Dodgson was only 17 years old he suffered from a case of whooping cough, which was how he came to have bad hearing in his right ear. He also had a very weak chest which was also caused by his case of whooping cough. (Wikipedia)

By modern perspective, Dodgson was a snob. Dodgson was also socially ambitious. He was very anxious to make a statement of him being a writer and an artist. From Dodgson’s young age he wrote poetry and short stories. He sent most of his work to various magazines while he enjoyed his success. Between 1854 and 1856 Dodgson’s work had appeared in many national publications such as The Comic Times and The Train as well as some smaller magazines like the Whitby Gazette and the Oxford Critic. Most of his creations were humorous, but his standards and ambitions were exacting. Dodgson quoted in July of 1855 “I do not think I have yet written anything worthy of real publication, in which I do not include the Whitby Gazette or the Oxonian Advertiser, but I do not despair of doing so some day.” (Wikipedia)

Many were many rumors and stories of Dodgson doing recreational drugs. There was never any proof in his diaries or journals that Dodgson took in recreational drugs. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland there were a few different uses of drugs but there was never any proof that Dodgson consumed recreational drugs. (Drug Reference)

Dodgson was very technical about things and had great ideas about how to solve technical problems. He was able to do so through his camera, which was not as user friendly as today’s modern cameras. He created Nyctography and a tool called the Nyctograph. This was invented by Dodgson for the reason of not being able to sleep at night because he wanted to write down all of his thoughts. (Biblio.com)

Lewis Carroll’s most famous work to this day was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is still read to this day. Lewis Carroll made history.

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