Author. Lewis Carroll received international acclaim as a 19th-century English author, who is most identified as the author of the 1865 fairytale novel "Alice in Wonderland" and the first sequel "Through the Looking-Glass" in 1871. Besides his fairytales, he published texts on mathematics and wrote poetry. Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, yet elected as early as 1856 to use the pen name of "Lewis Carroll," he was the third child born to a family of eleven children in the household of a priest in the Church of England. From a very early age, he entertained himself and his family by performing magic tricks and marionette shows, and by writing poetry for his homemade newspapers. His writing talent and imagination was recognized early. After being home-schooled and attending public school, he entered Rugby School in 1846, which followed with him graduating on a scholarship from Christ Church College at Oxford in 1854. He was a fastidious yet shy person, had a stammer, and after a childhood illness, he became deaf in one ear. He was successful in his study of mathematics and writing, and remained at Christ Church College after graduation to teach, giving him financial security for the rest of his life. He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England on December 22, 1861, but never accepted a priesthood and parish church as he felt unsuited. On occasions, he did write church literature. He considered marriage but remained a bachelor his entire life. He became known as a scholar of mathematics. Among his mathematical publications are "An Elementary Treatise on Determinants" in 1867, "Euclid and His Modern Rivals" in 1879, and at least ten more with some written for an audience of children. While at Christ Church, and while being chaperoned, he became acquainted with the children of Dean Henry George Liddell, especially his daughter Alice. On July 4, 1862, he and a friend, rowed the three Liddell sisters, including Alice, up the Thames River from Oxford to Godstow for a day-long picnic. While on this day trip, he told the children a fairytale about a girl named Alice and from this evolved over time the character of Alice, who ventured into a land of wonder and make-believe, meeting the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Cheshire-Cat, Queen of Hearts, and a host of other nonsense characters. He pursed photography as a hobby, photographing mainly children as well as portraits of renowned adults, yet he abandoned both photography and public speaking between 1880 and 1881 in hope of disciplining time for his writing. He primarily wrote comic fantasies and humorous verse that was often very childlike. He published several collections of nonsense poetry but his most recognized poem was the 46-page with illustrations "Hunting of the Snark" in 1876. With the second book being published in 1893, his two Sylvie and Bruno books were the last full-length works for children. As he planned to attend his brother-in-law's funeral, he died suddenly of pneumonia. By that date, "Alice in Wonderland" was the most famous children's book in England and after years into the 21st century, remains one of the most popular in the world with his books being translated into at least 47 languages and adapted to radio and at least 20 film and television productions.