What was author Lewis Carroll's real surname?
"handling of the material to Carroll's boat trips with the children, saying, ""With Cohen at the tiller, we are deftly guided through the flow of Carroll's life."" Ronald Warwick in ""Times Higher Education"" criticises Cohen's interpretation of Carroll's relationship with his archdeacon father; his ""insecure grasp of 19th-century ecclesiastical history""; his prose, which Warwick called cliched; and his choice to use Dodgson's first name, which Warwick said was not used even by Dodgson's most intimate male friends. Lewis Carroll: A Biography Lewis Carroll: A Biography is a 1995 biography of author Lewis Carroll by Morton N. Cohen, first published by"
"Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born in Liverpool. She studied acting and worked as both actor and director in British theatre"
"Jim Carroll James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work ""The Basketball Diaries""; the book inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll. Carroll was born to a working-class family of Irish descent, and grew up in New York City's Lower East Side. When he was about 11 (in the sixth grade) his family moved north to Inwood in Upper Manhattan. He was taught by the LaSalle Christian Brothers, and his brother in the"
"Johnny Carroll Johnny Carroll (October 23, 1937 – January 13, 1995) was an American rockabilly musician. Born John Lewis Carrell (Carrell was printed incorrectly as Carroll on the record label), Carroll began recording for Decca Records in the middle of the 1950s. He released several singles, but none of them saw significant success, though they are now critically acclaimed. His records were eclipsed by the success of other rockabilly and early rock & roll musicians such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. His career ended toward the end of the 1950s, but he made a comeback in"
"Harrison Carroll Harrison Carroll (23 June 1901 – 1972) was a Hollywood gossip columnist who worked at the ""Los Angeles Herald-Express"" with whom John Wayne credited with not only being a mentor to him but helping him come up with a moniker to replace his birth name Marion Morrison. He was born in Waco, Texas at the turn of the century. After graduating from Waco High School, Carroll attended the Rice Institute before moving on to Columbia University, where he took his bachelor of arts degree in 1922. That same year, he moved to Los Angeles, California and began working"
"Lewis Carroll) to invent doublet (now called word ladder). Leonard and Julia had four children, including the biologist Sir Julian Sorell Huxley and the writer Aldous Leonard Huxley. Their middle son, Noel Trevenen (born in 1889) committed suicide in 1914. Their daughter, Margaret Arnold Huxley, was born in 1899 and died on 11 October 1981. After the death of his first wife, Leonard married Rosalind Bruce (1890–1994), and had two further sons. The elder of these was David Bruce Huxley (1915-1992), whose daughter Angela Huxley married George Pember Darwin, son of the physicist Sir Charles Galton Darwin (and thus a"
"Bob Carroll Jr. Bob Carroll Jr. (August 12, 1918 – January 27, 2007) was an American television writer notable for his creative role in the series ""I Love Lucy"", the first four seasons of which he wrote with his professional partner Madelyn Pugh, and collaborator Jess Oppenheimer. Born Robert Gordon Carroll in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Florida when he was three years old. His father made his living buying and selling real estate in Florida's 1920s land rush. The family also moved to California for a time in conjunction with Carroll Sr.'s work, but eventually settled back in"
"his pen name than his real name. One famous example of this is Samuel Clemens writing under the pen name Mark Twain. British mathematician Charles Dodgson, who wrote fantasy novels under the pen name Lewis Carroll and mathematical treatises under his own name, refused to open letters addressed to him as ""Lewis Carroll"". Some authors, such as Harold Robbins, use several literary pseudonyms. Some pen names have been used for long periods, even decades, without the author's true identity being discovered, such as Elena Ferrante and Torsten Krol. Some pen names are not strictly pseudonyms, as they are simply variants"
"last name: Liddell. It thrice mentions the word little and plays off the fact that the pronunciation of both was quite similar. This poem depicts the story of how, during the summer of 1862 and in the company of the three Liddell sisters and one Reverend Robinson Duckworth, Lewis Carroll composed ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". It is from the first-hand accounts of those summer days that the background for this poem becomes clearer. Alice Pleasance Liddell was age 10 at the time that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) first breathed life into Wonderland. Alice and her two sisters spent much"
"a foster family until the age of seven when he began life on his own. He then sold newspapers on a crew managed by Timothy Sullivan. He could not read or write until he was 30 years old. During Kildare's life, ""The New York Times"" suggested that his name was a pseudonym. Then in one of Kildare's obituaries, ""The Times"" printed a conversation with ""Red"" Shaughnessy, a regular at ""The Doctor's Bar"" in the Bowery, who claimed that Kildare was really Thomas Carroll. According to Shaughnessy, Carroll had been born in Carrollton, Maryland, into a branch of the influential Carroll"
"J. L. Carr Joseph Lloyd Carr (20 May 1912 – 26 February 1994), who called himself ""Jim"" or even ""James"", was an English novelist, publisher, teacher, and eccentric. Carr was born in Thirsk Junction, Carlton Miniott, Yorkshire, into a Wesleyan Methodist family. His father Joseph, the eleventh son of a farmer, went to work for the railways, eventually becoming a station master for the North Eastern Railway. Carr was given the same Christian name as his father and the middle name Lloyd, after David Lloyd George, the Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer. He adopted the names Jim and James in"
"Sources All Saints' Church, Daresbury All Saints' Church is in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It is known for its association with Lewis Carroll who is commemorated in its stained glass windows depicting characters from ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The author Lewis Carroll was born in All Saints' Vicarage in 1832 when his father, Charles Dodgson, was perpetual curate"
"All Saints' Church, Daresbury All Saints' Church is in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It is known for its association with Lewis Carroll who is commemorated in its stained glass windows depicting characters from ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The author Lewis Carroll was born in All Saints' Vicarage in 1832 when his father, Charles Dodgson, was perpetual curate at"
"scholars such as Hugues Lebailly, Carolyn Sigler, Sherry L. Ackerman, John Tufail and Cristopher Hollingsworth. Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born"
"Jonathan Carroll Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26, 1949) is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since the 1970s. Carroll was born in New York City to Sidney Carroll, a film writer whose credits included ""The Hustler"", and June Carroll (née Sillman), an actress and lyricist who appeared in numerous Broadway shows and two films. He is the half brother of composer Steve Reich and nephew of Broadway producer Leonard Sillman. His parents were Jewish, but Carroll was raised in the Christian Science"
"Carroll Carroll Carroll S. Weinschenk (April 11, 1902–February 5, 1991), known professionally as Carroll Carroll, was an American advertising executive, humorist and, most famously, a writer for comedians. The highlights of Carroll's writing career was during the 1930s and 1940s. During that time period, he served as head writer for some of the biggest names in entertainment and the most popular radio shows of the time including Bing Crosby (""Kraft Music Hall""), Burns and Allen (""The Burns and Allen Show""), Eddie Cantor, Edgar Bergen (both hosts of ""The Chase and Sanborn Hour""), Rudy Vallee (""The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour""), Guy Lombardo"
"original drawings painted in Palestine. The character of Duckworth in the TV show ""Duck Tales"" was named after him. Robinson Duckworth The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911), was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name. He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of Liverpool"
"and sincerity.”. Selected from over 400 books and articles. John Bissell Carroll John Bissell Carroll (June 5, 1916 – July 1, 2003) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, linguistics and psychometrics. Carroll was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Early in his life, Carroll became interested in music and language. His interest in language was further sparked by becoming friends with Benjamin Lee Whorf at the age of thirteen and discussing Whorf’s ideas about a close connection between culture and language. Carroll also helped to edit and publish Whorf’s ""Language, Thought and Reality"" in 1956. Carroll studied at"
"over the situation telling a reporter: ""Do you think I'd be sitting here if I'd had residuals? I'd have flown you down to Cuba for this interview if I had."" He co-authored Madelyn Pugh Davis' memoir, ""Laughing with Lucy"", released September 2005. Carroll died in Los Angeles after a brief illness. Divorced twice, he was survived by a daughter, Christina Carroll, of Los Angeles. Bob Carroll Jr. Bob Carroll Jr. (August 12, 1918 – January 27, 2007) was an American television writer notable for his creative role in the series ""I Love Lucy"", the first four seasons of which he"
"Andrew Carroll Andrew Carroll (born September 27, 1969) is an American author, editor, activist, and historian. He is best known as the author of the 1997 ""New York Times"" best-selling ""Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters"" and the 2001 ""New York Times"" best-selling book ""War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars"", which was later turned into an episode of the television program ""American Experience"". Carroll was born in Washington, D.C., to Thomas Edmund and Marea Grace Carroll on September 27, 1969. He attended Columbia University in New York City, receiving his bachelor's degree in history in"
"Lewis Carroll Society of North America The Lewis Carroll Society of North America is a learned society established in 1974. It is dedicated to the 19th-century English mathematician, photographer and writer Lewis Carroll, best known for the 1865 fantasy novel ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and its sequel. LCSNA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ""furthering Carroll studies, increasing accessibility of research materials, and maintaining public awareness of Carroll's contribution to society"". The organization meets twice a year, and has an active publications program. The archive contains materials that document the history of the Society, including financial records, correspondence from members,"
"has given me a good many privileges; valuable privileges; privileges which are not granted to younger persons. Little by little I hope to get together courage enough to wear white clothes all through the winter, in New York. It will be a great satisfaction to me to show off in this way; and perhaps the largest of all the satisfactions will be the knowledge that every scoffer, of my sex, will secretly envy me and wish he dared to follow my lead. Mark Twain Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an"
"meaning of catenary: the curve of a horizontally-suspended chain, which suggests the shape of the cat's grin. There are many other suggestions that Carroll found inspiration for the name and expression of the Cheshire Cat in the 16th century sandstone carving of a grinning cat, on the west face of St. Wilfrid's Church tower in Grappenhall, a village adjacent to his birthplace in Daresbury, Cheshire. Lewis Carroll's father, Reverend Charles Dodgson, was Rector of Croft and Archdeacon of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, from 1843 to 1868; Carroll lived here from 1843 to 1850. Historians believe Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat"
"to develop children's English language skills. J. L. Carr Joseph Lloyd Carr (20 May 1912 – 26 February 1994), who called himself ""Jim"" or even ""James"", was an English novelist, publisher, teacher, and eccentric. Carr was born in Thirsk Junction, Carlton Miniott, Yorkshire, into a Wesleyan Methodist family. His father Joseph, the eleventh son of a farmer, went to work for the railways, eventually becoming a station master for the North Eastern Railway. Carr was given the same Christian name as his father and the middle name Lloyd, after David Lloyd George, the Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer. He adopted"
"Leon Lewis Julius Warren Lewis (April 8, 1833 – October 28, 1920) was an American writer of popular fiction. He used the name Leon Lewis and wrote under that name among others. Lewis was born in Southington, Connecticut, the son of James D. Lewis and Patty Bishop. At the age of 21, he was living in Massachusetts and considered himself an author. He began his writing career in Boston, which led him to become editor of the flash paper ""Life in Boston"". Lewis was a summer guest sometime in the 1870s at a boarding house owned by Thomas Nickerson. He"
"John Bissell Carroll John Bissell Carroll (June 5, 1916 – July 1, 2003) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, linguistics and psychometrics. Carroll was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Early in his life, Carroll became interested in music and language. His interest in language was further sparked by becoming friends with Benjamin Lee Whorf at the age of thirteen and discussing Whorf’s ideas about a close connection between culture and language. Carroll also helped to edit and publish Whorf’s ""Language, Thought and Reality"" in 1956. Carroll studied at Wesleyan University, majoring in Classics and graduating summa cum"
"James Carroll (author) James P. Carroll (born January 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American author, historian, and journalist. A Roman Catholic reformer, he has written extensively about his experiences in the seminary and as a priest, and has published, besides novels, books on religion and history. Carroll was born in Chicago, the second of five sons of late Air Force General Joseph Carroll (DIA), and his wife Mary. At the time, his father was a Special Agent of the FBI, which he remained until being seconded to, and later commissioned by, the US Air Force as an"
"a leader of the Oxford Movement. Dodgson was a ""Puseyite"" and contributed the volume on Tertullian to Pusey's series ""Library of the Fathers"". All told he wrote twenty-four books on theology and religious subjects. Dodgson's wife died on 26 January 1851 and he died on 21 June 1868. Charles Dodgson (priest) Charles Dodgson (1800 – 21 June 1868) was an Anglican cleric, scholar and author. He was the father of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Charles Dodgson was born in 1800 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the son of Charles Dodgson, an army captain, and grandson of Charles Dodgson,"
"political risks from individuals, groups or states that disagree with them); or to make their name better suit another language. Examples of well-known writers who used a pen name include: George Eliot (1819–1880), whose real name was Mary Anne (or Marian) Evans; George Orwell (1903–1950), whose real name was Eric Blair; George Sand (1804–1876), whose real name was Lucile Aurore Dupin; Dr. Seuss (1904–1991), whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel; Stendhal (1783–1842), whose real name was Marie-Henri Beyle and Mark Twain (1835–1910), whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Apart from the large numbers of works attributable only to"
"sales of 20,000 and as the Book-of-the-Month Club selection for May. In 1996 it was ""read and discussed by informal study groups and in classrooms throughout the state"" as part of a Maine Humanities Council project on ""the impact of modernism on Maine"". Carroll was born June 26, 1904 in Rochester, New Hampshire. She grew up on her family's South Berwick farm, where she lived with her parents, Warren Verd Hasty and Emma Frances Dow, brother Harold, grandfather George Bradford Hasty, and a paternal aunt named Vinnie. As a child young Gladys Hasty attended a one-room school house. To keep"
"simply as Grandma. Another recurring favourite was Chalkie, the tyrannical school teacher who Giles claimed was modelled on one of his childhood teachers, and Larry, the mop-haired child from next door, often seen with a camera. Giles was born in Islington, London, the son of a tobacconist and a farmer's daughter. He was nicknamed ""Karlo"", later shortened to ""Carl"", by friends who decided he looked like Boris Karloff, a lifelong nickname. He was actually registered with that name when he died in 1995. After leaving school at the age of 14 he worked as an office boy for Superads, an"
"of false testimony towards the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Carroll accepted the affidavit swearing his innocence, later explaining it in great detail to Andrew Johnson. He never returned to the United States. He died in Montreal on May 3, 1868. He is buried in Lenow Circle, Lot 57, Space #1 at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. William Henry Carroll William Henry Carroll (1810 – May 3, 1868) was a wealthy planter, a postmaster, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Carroll was born in Nashville, Tennessee to William Carroll, a general during the"
"Charles Carroll of Carrollton Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly-named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and one of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence. He is sometimes referred to as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, although he was not involved in framing the United States Constitution. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later"