Charles dodgson lewis carroll biography mathematician wikipedia

As a child he displayed quaint precocity.

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It is told of him that he supplied earthworms with weapons in order that they might fight with more effect, fostered snails and toads, and inquired persistently the meaning of logarithms S. Collingwood , Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll. He also wrote and performed plays for marionettes. In , at the age of twelve, he was sent to school at Richmond in Yorkshire.

In he entered Rugby, where he remained three years and won success in mathematics and divinity, but he seems to have had few of the schoolboy's enthusiasms. His tastes lay in the direction of authorship, and certain home magazines, notably 'The Rectory Umbrella,' are still preserved, largely written and illustrated by himself.

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Even as a boy his verses were sprightly, and he had a flow of comic ideas. Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 23 May , at the age of eighteen, and on 24 Jan. His career as an undergraduate was exemplary. In his first year he won a Boulter scholarship; in his second he took first-class honours in mathematical, and second-class honours in classical, moderations, and was admitted on Pusey's nomination a student of Christ Church.

In began the career of mathematical lecturer which was to continue until In he proceeded M. On 22 Dec. He was able, however, to preach, which he did occasionally, and he gave a number of lectures, principally to children.