Lewis Carroll

Angelika Zirker (Eberhard-Karls Universitat Tübingen)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

Born 27 Jan 1832
Died 14 Jan 1898
Activity 1852-1898

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Children's/Young Adult writer
Poet

Other

Story-writer

Resources

Carroll's Works

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27, 1832 at Daresbury parsonage, Cheshire, as the eldest son and the third of eleven children of Charles Dodgson, curate of the parish, and Frances Jane Lutwidge. When Charles was eleven years old, the family moved to Croft-on-Tees, where his father was appointed Archdeacon of Richmond and Canon of Ripon Cathedral. At the age of thirteen, Charles inaugurated the first of a series of family magazines for his siblings, under the name of

Useful and Instructive Poetry

, followed by

The Rectory Magazine

The Rectory Umbrella

and

Mischmasch

. In 1844 he entered Richmond Grammar School, and in 1846 Rugby, where he spent three rather unpleasant years: “From my own experience of school life at Rugby I can say that if I could have been […] secure from…

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Citation: Zirker, Angelika. "Lewis Carroll". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 August 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5088, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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