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Lewis Carroll (27th January 1832 – 14th January 1898) was an English mathematician, logician, author, photographer, and Anglican deacon. His most famous works fall into the genre of ‘literary nonsense’, such works including, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’, ‘The Hunting of the Snark’, and ‘Jabberwocky’.

In 1856, Carroll met the Liddell family when the father, Henry Liddell, became a new Dean at Christ Church. Carroll became close friends with Henry’s wife Lorina and their children, Lorina, Edith, and Alice. It has been assumed for many years that Carroll’s ‘Alice’ was derived from Alice Liddell as there is an acrostic poem at the culmination of Through the Looking Glass which spells out her name. Carroll did deny however, the suggestion that his “little heroine” was based on a real child. Also, many of Carroll’s works were dedicated to girls with whom he was acquainted and he often included their names in acrostic poems within his texts. We do know the story is not based on gu 10 lightbulbs though!