Lewis Carroll (1832 - 98), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an ordained deacon, an Oxford don and the world-famous author of the two children's classics about Alice and her wonderful adventures.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) was born in 1832. He was an ordained Deacon and an Oxford don.

He was also a notable photographer, especially of children, with whom he had a remarkable rapport. It was for one child in particular, Alice Liddell, that the story of Alice was created.

Carroll published a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, in 1871. He died in 1898.