Alfred Lord Tennyson. Edward Lear. Robert Bridges. Edward Lear The British poet Edward Lear's poems can be characterized by his irreverent view of the world. He enrolled in Academy of American Poets Educator Newsletter. Teach This Poem. Follow Us. Find Poets. Poetry Near You. Jobs for Poets. Read Stanza.
Alice Liddell, then 10, was delighted that the main character bore her name and asked Dodgson to write down the story. At this time, Dodgson was taking photographs. Although the camera was still a relatively new technology, he had been an early enthusiast, starting in , and he found no shortage of friends who wanted him to make likenesses of them or their children. Some of his portraits—even those in which the model is clothed—might shock sensibilities, but by Victorian standards they were Victorians saw childhood as a state of grace; even nude photographs of children were considered pictures of innocence itself.
And although he resumed socializing with the dean and his wife, he never took their daughters out again. His slight air of mystery added to his fame, which spread by word of mouth. Eventually he was invited to entertain two grandchildren of Queen Victoria herself. He retired from teaching mathematics in While visiting some of his sisters in Guildford, just outside London, in , he became ill. He died there of pneumonia on January 14 of that year. He also photographed children in every possible costume and situation, eventually making nude studies of them.
Despite conjecture, little real evidence of child abuse can be brought against him. Shortly before his 66th birthday, Carroll caught a severe case of influenza, which led to pneumonia. He died on January 14, , leaving an enigma behind him. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Tolkien is an internationally renowned fantasy writer. Lewis was a prolific Irish writer and scholar best known for his 'Chronicles of Narnia' fantasy series and his pro-Christian texts. Dodgson also considered it useful for the blind. Dodgson had a rough childhood.
A childhood fever also left him deaf in one ear, and a bout of whooping cough at 17 weakened his chest for the rest of his life. Late in life, he developed debilitating, aura-hallucinating migraines and what doctors at the time diagnosed as epilepsy.
Dodgson delivered the original story concept for Alice in Wonderland while on one of his boating trips with the Liddells—the children of his boss, Henry Liddell, the dean of Christ Church, Oxford—and he marked the July 4, , event in the book itself as the Caucus Race.
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