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This pseudonym was a play on his real name: Lewis was the anglicised form of Ludovicus, which was the Latin for Lutwidge, and Carroll an Irish surname similar to the Latin name Carolus, from which comes the name Charles.
May 10, 2024 · Lewis Carroll (born January 27, 1832, Daresbury, Cheshire, England—died January 14, 1898, Guildford, Surrey) was an English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
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Apr 2, 2014 · Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832.
Jan 23, 2020 · Lewis Carroll is an etymological play on his given name, Charles Lutwidge. In 1856, Dean Henry Liddell arrived at Christ Church with his family. Carroll soon befriended his wife Lorina and their children Harry, Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell.
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In 1856 he created the pseudonym (assumed writing name) "Lewis Carroll" by translating his first and middle names into Latin, reversing their order, then translating them back into English. His mathematical writing, however, appeared under his real name.
What was Lewis Carroll’s real name? Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He adopted the pen name ‘Lewis Carroll’ when he began writing children’s stories.
“Lewis Carroll, Bibliophile.” In An Exhibition from the Jon A. Lindseth Collection of C. L. Dodgson and Lewis Carroll, 75-79. Wakeling, Edward. Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2015. Woolf, Jenny. The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created ...