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Quick Facts
- NAME: Lewis Carroll
- OCCUPATION: Author
- BIRTH DATE: January 27, 1832
- DEATH DATE: January 14, 1898
- EDUCATION: Richmond School, Yorkshire, Rugby School, Christ Church (Oxford)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Daresbury, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: Guildford, England
- Originally: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
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Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, author of the children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass."
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