Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), (pseudonym of English writer and mathematician, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) is best known for his enduring classics Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass(1875). Though ostensibly children's books, they appeal to all ages.

Born the son of Charles Dodgson, Archdeacon of Richmond Cathedral, Lewis Carroll was the third of eleven children. As a child he took an early interest in mathematics. As a child he produced a family magazine, where he showed his first interest in parody, word play and puzzles.

At Rugby, he was a diligent, but not very happy pupil. At Christ Church, Oxford, he excelled in his preferred subject, mathematics. Although ordained, Carroll never entered the church, though he did occasionally preach. From entering Oxford at the age of 18 in 1850, Carroll was to spend the next fifty years of his life at Oxford until his death in 1898.

Carroll's other works include The Hunting of the Snark (1876) and the two parts of Sylvie and Bruno(1889, 1893).