He grew up as a mathematician and became famous as a writer: Who is Lewis Carroll?
His father was a clergyman. He wanted to raise his son Lewis Carroll as a good mathematician in the field of positive sciences, which he was interested in. The writer was exactly the child his father wanted. His outstanding success in the field of science enabled him to receive medals throughout his education.
The English writer, whose real name is Charles Dodgson, was born in Doresbury in 1832. His father was a clergyman. He wanted to raise his son Lewis Carroll as a good mathematician in the field of positive sciences, which he was interested in.
The writer was exactly the child his father wanted. His outstanding success in science enabled him to receive medals throughout his education. He was enrolled at Oxford University. Lewis Carroll, who was a very successful student at school, started working immediately after graduating from school. He started working as an associate professor of mathematics at Christ Church School.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense.
Lewis Carroll first began writing in his own field. Later, he wrote such a different book that he did not find it appropriate to name this book after himself, and published the book Alice in Wonderland, which is among the world's children's classics today, under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
While writing this book, he was inspired by the daughters of his family friends, designed it in his mind, and put it on paper. This book brought great popularity to the author. He published the book Through the Looking Glass, which he wrote as a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Although it did not live up to the fame of the first book, it received positive reviews from literary critics.
He was also interested in different fields other than writing and mathematics. Thanks to the photography he started with, inspired by his uncle, he began to be known as a good photographer. He was accused of pedophilia because of the semi-nude photographs he took of children, but these accusations were never confirmed. He died of pneumonia at his sister's house in England on January 14, 1898.