Writer · 1832 – 1898
Lewis Carroll
Little-Known Facts
- He invented the story of Alice to entertain a real girl, Alice Liddell, on a boating trip.
- As a mathematician he published serious works on logic and geometry under his real name.
Myths & Misconceptions
Was Lewis Carroll really a mathematician?
Yes — under his real name, Charles Dodgson, he lectured in mathematics at Oxford and published works on logic and geometry.