Lewis Carroll seems to have thought a lot about how to solve some common technical problems of the day. The fact that he was able to understand and use new technologies is amply demonstrated by his use of the camera, which was not as user-friendly as it is today. One such invention, as cited in his journal on September 24, 1891 and as published in, was a system of writing called Nyctography and a tool called the Nyctograph. He invented this because he would be unable to sleep at night and would want to write down his ideas to clear hi ...

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Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with some Irish connections. Conservative and High Church Anglican, most of Dodgson's ancestors belonged to the two traditional English upper-middle class professions: the army and the Church. His great-grandfather, also Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become a bishop; his grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in 1803 whil ...

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Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice", a suggestion backed up by the acrostic of Alice's full name that appears at the end of Through the Looking Glass, though Dodgson himself later denied his 'little heroine' was based on any real child), the sheer number of his child friends, his collection of the early child photographs by Oscar Rejlander, his love of the London theatres before the child-actress reforms, and psychological readings of his w ...

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Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice", a suggestion backed up by the acrostic of Alice's full name that appears at the end of Through the Looking Glass, though Dodgson himself later denied his 'little heroine' was based on any real child), the sheer number of his child friends, his collection of the early child photographs by Oscar Rejlander, his love of the London theatres before the child-actress reforms, and psychological readings of his w ...

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Carol can be: a female given name Carol City, Florida carol — a festive song, especially the Christmas carol The Mazda Carol — a keicar automobile. Carol — a Japanese rock band that Eikichi Yazawa once belonged to Carol - Famous people named Carol. Carole Lombard, American actress Carol Burnett, American comedienne Carol Smillie, Scottish television personality Carole King, songwriter

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The word fit has several meanings, including the following. as a Noun a fit is also an informal term for a seizure or any other sudden occurrence of a symptom or behavior. In tailoring, the fit of an article of clothing is how well it conforms to the wearer's body. a fit is also a section or part of a poem. Lewis Carroll blended this meaning with the idea of seizures in his poem The Hunting of the Snark, which was described as "an agony in eight fits". A description b

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Chess and mathematics have been pursued intellectually for centuries by many researchers and scientists, especially mathematicians. Naturally, the logic and symmetries in chess appeal to mathematicians. The following mathematicians either played or studied chess in their life: George Airy Adolf Anderssen George Atwood Harry Bateman Jacob Bronowski Max Black Jerome Cardan Lewis Carroll Henry Dudeney Albert Einstein Noam Elkies

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As with Carroll himself, there are many myths about her life, most of them based on mere rumors without any evidence to support them, but because they were put forward by many biographers as true facts they are falsely believed to be indisputable by the wide public. Alice Liddell - Origin of Alice in Wonderland. On July 4, 1862, in a rowing boat travelling on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow for a picnic outing, 10-year-old Alice asked Charles Dodgson to entertain her and her sisters Edith (age 8) an ...

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The Boojum or Cirio (Fouquieria columnaris, syn. Idria columnaris) is a bizarre-looking tree in the family Fouquieriaceae, whose other members include the Ocotillos. It is nearly endemic to the Baja California peninsula, with only a small population in the Sierra Bacha of Sonora. Its name is derived from Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark". The trunk is up to 24 cm thick, with branches sticking out at right angles, all covered with small leaves 1.5-4 cm long. They can grow to a height of 20 m. The flowers bloom in summer and autumn; they occur in short ...

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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. It appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. The cat often points out philosophical points that annoy Alice. At one point, the cat disappeared gradually until nothing was left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that she had often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin with ...

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A Cheshire Moon, Dry Moon, or Wet Moon is a crescent moon, when the horns of the crescent point up, away from the horizon. This happens at the beginning of every lunation, around sunset, and again at the end of every lunation, around sunrise. It is called a Cheshire moon as a reference to the Cheshire cat of Lewis Carroll's writings. See also. Blue moon Black moon Rising crescent moo ...

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the British mathematician and author Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm populated by talking creatures and anthropomorphic playing cards. The tale is fraught with satirical allusions to Dodgson's friends and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The Wonderland described in the tale plays with logic in ways that has m ...

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Alice In Wonderland is the thirteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released to theaters on July 28, 1951 by RKO Radio Pictures. Lewis Carroll's surreal books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have been frequently adapted for film; this adaptation solved the problems of the setting by using animation. The screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley (uncredited [1]) among other writers, and the film uses the ...

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Various theories have tried to elucidate the text or parts thereof. The Hunting of the Snark - Lewis Carroll is the Baker. This is by far the most serious of them all. The text has a number of hints at this fact. The fact that his name is unknown to the other crew members (he forgets it) attests that some riddle is involved. The baker's character as described in Fit the First matches other descriptions of Carroll of himself (e.g. the White Knight in Through the Looking-Glass). Lewis Carrol wa ...

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List of portmanteaus - Portmanteaus for language mixtures. See also a list of The "Ishes" as English dialects. Chinglish in English: Chinese + English. Czenglish in English: Czech + English. Denglisch in German: Deutsch + Englisch ("German" + "English"). Dinglish in English: Dutch + English. Finglish in English: Finnish + English. Fingli ...

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It is disputed whether Carroll had a young audience in mind when he wrote the book. The poem has no young protagonists. It is rather dark and does not end happily. In addition to the disappearance of the Baker, the Banker loses his sanity, an event that is described in detail. Similarly, Henry Holiday's illustrations for the original edition are caricatures with disproportionate heads and unpleasant f ...

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Much of Alice's childhood was spent in the company of her sisters and Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who soon after their initial meeting became a frequent visitor. He entertained the girls by taking them on frequent boat trips and picnics in the scenic areas around Oxford, telling them fantastic stories to while away the time. He also often used them as subjects for his hobby, photography. It has often been stated that Alice was clearly the favorite throughout these years, but there is no actual evidence to suggest this is so. Dodgson's diaries ...

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The song is a popular target for parodies. One transmogrification of the English lyrics into deliberately obfuscated English was cited in the Quarterly Review of Doublespeak.. Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific Fain would I fathom thy nature specific. Loftily poised in the aether capacious Vaguely resembling a gem carbonaceous. A parody of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', spoken by the Mad Hatter, appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It reads:

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The characters of Snark have appeared in other works. For example, the Bellman and The Hunting of the Snark are referenced in Jasper Fforde's The Well of Lost Plots, his third Thursday Next book. China Mieville's The Scar features a ship called the Castor (Latin for beaver), crewed by characters whose names reference the characters of Snark: for example Tinntinnabulum, meaning a tinkling or bells, as in the Bellman). Douglas Adams divided the radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy into "fits", after a suggestion ...

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