Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, England to the Reverend Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Lutwidge. Charles Dodgson senior was born in 1800 and studied Mathematics and Classics at Oxford. After marrying his cousin Frances, he became curate at All Saints' Church in Daresbury. Ten of their eleven children were born there; Charles junior was the eldest boy. He grew up in a strict Christian household and his parents provided his early education. The family moved to Croft-on-Tees in Yorkshire in 1843, Charles senior becoming a vicar there. Charles' life was filled with great achievements inside his personal life, but success was most found in his contribution to literature and mathematics.
At age twelve, young Charles attended his first real school, The Richmond School, where he was a boarder living in the headmaster's house. His parents found that their eldest song was settling in well and that he, like his father before him, was excelling in......
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