Lewis Carroll was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. He is best known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky". His facility with word play, logic, and fantasy has delighted audiences for generations. Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Cheshire, England in 1832. He was the eldest son of 11 children and was educated at home by his father, a country parson. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he earned degrees in mathematics and became a lecturer in mathematics. Carroll wrote many books, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, The Hunting of the Snark, and Sylvie and Bruno. He also wrote several books of poetry, including Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, and The Hunting of the Snark. He wrote several books of logic and mathematics, including Euclid and His Modern Rivals and Symbolic Logic. Carroll was a keen photographer and was one of the first to use the medium to capture children's portraits. He was also a keen chess player and was a member of the Oxford Chess Club. Carroll died in 1898, leaving behind a legacy of literature, mathematics, and photography that continues to inspire and entertain readers today.