He was a brilliant amateur photographer in the early days of the “wet collodion” process arguably he was the greatest photographer of children in the 19th century. He published three books of verse, a number of mathematical works, and pamphlets on diverse subjects that ranged from Oxford politics to theories on elections and even scoring in lawn tennis. In 1876 he published a long narrative nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark, and toward the end of his life two rather unsuccessful books for children, Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. It was followed in 1871 by a sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. At Alice’s urging, he wrote down the story, and later expanded it to become Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Dodgson, at the earnest pleading of the three girls, narrated the early stages of a story that was to become Alice’s Adventures under Ground. On 4 July 1862, he hired a rowing boat and made an expedition up the river to Godstow with his companions, the Reverend Robinson Duckworth of Trinity College Oxford and the three daughters of Dean Liddell of Christ Church, Lorina, Alice (his favorite), and Edith. He was always fond of children, and he enjoyed telling them stories. In his early twenties he contributed some humorous verse and prose to magazines, usually under his pseudonym “Lewis Carroll”-a playful reversal of his given names. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1861 but never proceeded to full orders. He was nominated for a “Studentship” (i.e., lecturer) in December 1854, and he remained as Mathematical Lecturer at Christ Church until 1881. In 1854 he achieved First Class in Mathematics (Final Schools). In November 1852 he gained second class in Classics, and in December first class in Mathematics (Moderations). In May 1850 he matriculated at Christ Church Oxford. Charles attended Richmond School from 1844 to 1845, and then Rugby School from 1846 to 1849. In 1843 the family moved to Croft, near Darlington in Yorkshire. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (b. 1832–d. 1898) was born on 27 January 1832 at Daresbury, near Warrington, England, the third child and eldest son of the Reverend Charles Dodgson, Perpetual Curate of Daresbury.
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