1832-1898

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, was a multifaceted figure known primarily for his literary masterpiece, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Raised in a family of clergymen, Dodgson exhibited an early aptitude for mathematics and literature, eventually studying at Christ Church, Oxford, where he later became a mathematics lecturer.