Значение слова DODGSON в Литературной энциклопедии

DODGSON

CHARLES LUTWIDGE ("LEWIS CARROLL") (1832-1898).-Mathematician and writer of books for children, _s._ of a clergyman at Daresbury, Cheshire, was _ed._ at Rugby and Oxf. After taking orders he was appointed lecturer on mathematics, on which subject he _pub._ several valuable treatises. His fame rests, however, on his books for children, full of ingenuity and delightful humour, of which _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_, and its sequel, _Through the Looking-glass_, are the best.

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