Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He adopted the pen name "Lewis Carroll" by translating his first two names into Latin, reversing them, and translating them back into English. He used this pseudonym specifically for his fiction to separate it from his academic career.

Carroll wrote *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* in 1865 after telling a story to the three daughters of Henry Liddell. The protagonist was named after Alice Liddell, the middle daughter, who begged him to write the story down. He expanded the original tale significantly for publication.

Yes, he wrote the 1871 sequel titled *Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There*. This book is where famous characters like Tweedledee and Tweedledum make their first appearances. The poem "Jabberwocky" is also introduced in this novel.

Charles Dodgson was a mathematician and a lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford. He specialized in geometry, linear algebra, and mathematical logic. His mathematical background heavily influenced the logical puzzles and nonsense found in his children's books.