Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. He is best known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). His works are characterized by word play, logic, and fantasy. Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. He was the third child of 11 born to a wealthy family. He was educated at home until the age of 12, when he attended Rugby School. He then went on to study mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with honors in 1854. Carroll was a prolific writer, publishing over a dozen books and numerous articles and poems. He was also an avid photographer, taking over 3,000 photographs of family, friends, and famous people. Carroll died in 1898 at the age of 65. He is remembered as one of the most influential authors of the Victorian era.
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