Further Exploration of the Factorium

Friday, July 16, 2010

Personalities # 16 - Lewis Carroll

Today we will have a look at a short bio of Charles Ludwidge Johnson, simply known as Lewis Carroll.

Lewis Carroll was born Charles Ludwidge Johnson on 27 January 1832, and is better known by his pseudonym today. was an English author, mathematician, logician and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, as well as the poems 'The Hunting of the Snark' and 'Jabberwocky, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, he was also a reputed puzzle maker. His family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections. He has to his names several inventions, both in mathematics and in literature.

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