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Lewis Carroll Early Life Quick facts Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson AKA: Lewis Carroll Born: in Daresbury, Cheshire on 27th January, 1832 Died: in Guildford, England on 14th January, 1898 (aged 65) Education: Rugby School, University of Oxford Key works: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Through the Looking-Glass (1871), The Hunting of the Snark (1876)
The mathematics textbook that Carroll used at Rugby School still survives and contains an inscription in Latin, which translates into: This book belongs to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson hands off!
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27th, 1832 and was the eldest son of Frances Jane Lutwidge and the Reverend Charles Dodgson. He had a happy childhood and he often made up games and wrote stories for his brothers and sisters. Some of these were later published. In 1846 he went to Rugby School for three years but it wasn’t a happy time for Charles. Later he went to Christ Church College at Oxford University where he studied classics and mathematics. In 1855 he became a mathematical lecturer at the college. Rugby School opened in 1567.
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