What was the real name of Lewis Carroll?
"of the subconscious"", as well as seeing it as a satire upon contemporary mathematical advances. The overwhelming commercial success of the first Alice book changed Dodgson's life in many ways. The fame of his alter ego ""Lewis Carroll"" soon spread around the world. He was inundated with fan mail and with sometimes unwanted attention. Indeed, according to one popular story, Queen Victoria herself enjoyed ""Alice in Wonderland"" so much that she commanded that he dedicate his next book to her, and was accordingly presented with his next work, a scholarly mathematical volume entitled ""An Elementary Treatise on Determinants"". Dodgson himself"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially ""The Screwtape Letters"", ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", and ""The Space Trilogy"", and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as ""Mere Christianity"", ""Miracles"", and ""The Problem of Pain"". Lewis and fellow novelist J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends. They both served on the English faculty at Oxford University, and were"
"were married for more than 50 years. Carroll Carroll died on Tuesday February 5, 1991 in his home in Hollywood. The official cause of death was listed as congestive heart failure. Carroll was 88 years old. 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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"to correspond with her, and to spend numerous seaside holidays with her, including several when she was in her late twenties. Gertrude Chataway Gertrude Chataway (1866–1951) was the most important child-friend in the life of the author Lewis Carroll, after Alice Liddell. It was Gertrude who inspired his great nonsense mock-epic ""The Hunting of the Snark"" (1876), and the book is dedicated to her, and opens with a poem that uses her name as a double acrostic. Carroll first became friends with Gertrude in 1875, when she was aged nine and he was forty-three, while on holiday at the English"
"Alice Liddell Alice Pleasance Hargreaves, ""née"" Liddell (; 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), was, in her childhood, an acquaintance and photography subject of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). One of the stories he told her during a boating trip became the children's classic ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". Although she shared her name with the heroine of the story, scholars disagree about the extent to which the character was based upon her. She married cricketer Reginald Hargreaves, and they had three sons. Alice Liddell was the fourth of the ten children of Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford,"
"1974 with a Gene Vincent tribute song. He continued to record well into the 1980s. For many years he was connected with the Cellar Club in Fort Worth, Texas and other Cellar Clubs around the state. He died of liver failure on January 13, 1995, and is buried in his hometown of Godley, Texas. In 1996 a 33-track reissue of his early recordings was released as ""Rock Baby Rock It: 1955-1960"". 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"
"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"
"Gertrude Chataway Gertrude Chataway (1866–1951) was the most important child-friend in the life of the author Lewis Carroll, after Alice Liddell. It was Gertrude who inspired his great nonsense mock-epic ""The Hunting of the Snark"" (1876), and the book is dedicated to her, and opens with a poem that uses her name as a double acrostic. Carroll first became friends with Gertrude in 1875, when she was aged nine and he was forty-three, while on holiday at the English seaside resort of Sandown. He made a number of pen and ink sketches of Gertrude as a young girl. He continued"
"Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer. He has been described as ""rock & roll's first great wild man."" A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis. ""Crazy Arms"" sold 300,000 copies in the South, but it was his 1957 hit ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" that shot Lewis to fame worldwide. He followed this with ""Great Balls of Fire"", ""Breathless"" and ""High School Confidential"". However, Lewis's rock and roll"
"All five works are books (October 2018). Morton N. Cohen Morton Norton Cohen (27 February 1921 – 12 June 2017) was an American author and scholar, and Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York. He is best known for extensive studies of children's author Lewis Carroll including the 1995 biography """". Cohen was born in Calgary, Canada, and grew on the North Shore of Boston. He taught English at West Virginia University, Syracuse University, Rutgers University and the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In addition to his work on Charles"
"James Hunt (speech therapist) James Hunt (1833 – 29 August 1869) was a speech therapist in London, England who had among his clients Charles Kingsley, Leo Tennyson (son of the poet laureate Alfred Tennyson) and Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) author of ""Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland"". Lewis Carroll was a children’s author, mathematician, and clergyman but had a severe stammer that affected his job. The 1861 census shows that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was staying at Ore House in 1861 and being treated by Dr Hunt a psellismolligist. Since his book was published in 1865 it is quite possible that some"
"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"
"in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624, which also took the life of his girlfriend, Beryl Wallace, on June 17, 1948, in Aristes, Pennsylvania. Earl Carroll Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer. Carroll produced and directed numerous Broadway musicals, including eleven editions of ""Earl Carroll's Vanities"", ""Earl Carroll's Sketch Book"" and ""Murder at the Vanities,"" which was also made into a film starring Jack Oakie. Known as ""the troubadour of the nude"", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirls on Broadway. Damon"
"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"
"Earl Carroll Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer. Carroll produced and directed numerous Broadway musicals, including eleven editions of ""Earl Carroll's Vanities"", ""Earl Carroll's Sketch Book"" and ""Murder at the Vanities,"" which was also made into a film starring Jack Oakie. Known as ""the troubadour of the nude"", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirls on Broadway. Damon Runyon, in his short story “The Brain Goes Home” has the narrator remark “Well, Mr. Earl Carroll feels sorry for Cynthia, so he puts her"