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[[Image:LewisCarrollSelfPhoto.jpg|right|thumb|Lewis Carroll]]
 
[[Image:LewisCarrollSelfPhoto.jpg|right|thumb|Lewis Carroll]]
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Rev. '''Charles Lutwidge Dodgson''' (1832–1898) was a [[conservative]] [[mathematician]] and university professor who was critical of [[liberal]] inroads into mathematics and, as '''Lewis Carroll''', wrote ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (which contains the poem ''[[Jabberwocky]]''), in protest of them.<ref>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1553807/math-in-alice-in-wonderland-catch-the-npr-interview-with-standford-mathematician-janice-roosevelt-keller-williams-pa-de-jroosevelt-kw-com-</ref>  Carroll also wrote the long nonsense poem, ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]].'' In addition to writing these stories and poems, Charles Dodgson also was a photographer.  
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Rev. '''Charles Lutwidge Dodgson''' (1832–1898) was an English [[conservative]] [[mathematician]] and university professor who was critical of [[liberal]] inroads into mathematics and, as '''Lewis Carroll''', wrote ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (which contains the poem ''[[Jabberwocky]]''), in protest of them.<ref>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1553807/math-in-alice-in-wonderland-catch-the-npr-interview-with-standford-mathematician-janice-roosevelt-keller-williams-pa-de-jroosevelt-kw-com-</ref>  Carroll also wrote the long nonsense poem, ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]].'' In addition to writing these stories and poems, Charles Dodgson also was a photographer.  
    
Dodgson wrote a play about geometry called ''Euclid and His Modern Rivals''.  
 
Dodgson wrote a play about geometry called ''Euclid and His Modern Rivals''.  
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