Lewis Carroll
(1832-1898), Photographer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland'Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Sitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 62 portraits
Dodgson created his famous pen name from his own: the Latin for 'Charles' is 'Carolus', thus 'Carroll'; 'Lutwidge' (Dodgson's mother's maiden name) = 'Lugwig', the German for 'Lewis'. Dodgson became an undergraduate of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1851 and, when he took up photography in 1856, was a Student (Fellow) and Mathematics Lecturer of the college. He published many pamphlets on academic affairs, as well as on mathematics, and, despite his stammer, occasionally preached in church. Dodgson remained at Christ Church throughout his life and it was there that he wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871).
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1856
NPG P38
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 2 June 1857
NPG P7(26)
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 2 June 1857
NPG P39
by Lewis Carroll
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG P237
Lewis Carroll and his family at Croft Rectory
probably by Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge
albumen print, circa 1858-1862
NPG P32
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, before 1901
NPG 3567
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x5181
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john Andrewartha
04 November 2018, 13:28
Are you interested in His family tree heritage ?
Below is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's family tree Profile and Links
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