Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898). Author of two of the best-known and best-loved children’s books ever written, Lewis Carroll is also remembered for his neologisms and nonsense rhymes.
Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He arrived at this pseudonym by translating his two first names back into English from Latin and reversing their order. Born the eldest of eleven children, he showed an early aptitude for writing and edited his own magazines to entertain the family.
His most notable works are Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass—two of the most popular works of fiction in the English language.
