CharlesLutwidgeDodgson,knownbyhispenname,LewisCarroll,wasamanofdiverseinterests-inmathematics,logic,photgraphy,art,theater,religion,medicine,andscience.Hewashappiestinthecompanyofchildrenforwhomhecreatedpuzzles,clevergames,andcharmingletters.AsallCarrolladmirersknow,hisbookAlice'sAdventuresinWonderland(1865),becameanimmediatesuccessandhassincebeentranslatedintomorethaneightylanguages.TheequallypopularsequelThroughtheLooking-GlassandWhatAliceFoundThere,waspublishedin1872.TheAlicebooksarebutoneexampleofhiswiderangingauthorship.TheHuntingoftheSnark,aclassicnonsenseepic(1876)andEuclidandHisModernRivals,arareexampleofhumorousworkconcerningmathematics,stillenticeandintriguetoday'sstudents.SylvieandBruno,publishedtowardtheendofhislifecontainsstartlingideasincludingan1889descriptionofweightlessness.Thehumor,sparklingwitandgeniusofthisVictorianEnglishmanhavelastedformorethanacentury.HisbooksareamongthemostquotedworksintheEnglishlanguage,andhisinfluence(withthatofhisillustrator,SirJohnTenniel)canbeseeneverywhere,fromtheworldofadvertisingtothatofatomicphysics.
HughHaughtonisaseniorlecturerattheUniversityofYork.HeeditedLewisCarroll'sAlice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThroughtheLooking-GlassforPenguinClassics.
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