Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Research Paper

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born on January 27th, 1832 in Cheshire England was an author, English church official, mathematician and photographer. Although his real name is “Charles Lutwidge Dodgson”, he is better known by his pseudonym, “Lewis Carroll”. Dodgson was a typically introverted person, but he found it easy to express himself by writing. Especially writing for children because he was the most confident when talking to or entertaining children. Born the third child out of eleven children, Dodgson is said to have had a good childhood. He excelled in his academics, especially math. Even as a young child, he had immense interest for literature. He read works by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, John Ruskin and more. Dodgson not

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