Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll, the Pseudonym for the famous writer and mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born in Cheshire, England in 1832. Carroll was the oldest son in a family of seven girls and four boys. Interestingly every one of the children stuttered. His mother, Frances Jane Lutwidge, and father, Rev. Charles Dodgson were first cousins. Carroll was interested in Mathematics at a very young age, and always studied a harder level of math than was expected. He was home schooled and taught by his father, who was also a renowned scholar till the age of 12, where he then attended Mr. Tates School in Richmond at Yorkshire. In 1846 he attended Rugby school then he graduated from Oxford University in 1854 leaving the class the top student in Mathematics. In that same year he received his Bachelor of Arts degree and was named "Master of the House," commonly called a "fellow" in other colleges. That following year he was appointed a lecturer, or a "tutor" as we call it,......
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