Sorry, Lewis Carroll Was No Pedophile
Worse? The Photos Are Fake. Some people make the Mad Hatter look sane
Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a math teacher at Oxford and a deacon of the Anglican Church. But you probably know him as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland.
Dodgson had enrolled in Oxford at 18. He ended up living there his entire adult life. First as a student and later as a teacher and deacon.
That’s how he met Alice.
A few years after arriving at Oxford, the dean died. A new one was brought in. His name was Henry Liddell and the two men became friends. He helped Liddell’s son Harry with his math struggles and spent time with the family.
Like many Victorian bachelors, Dodgson was an “uncle” to his friends’ kids.
He spent a lot of time with the Liddell family. Their favorite was to pack a picnic and go boating on the Thames, with adult friends or family members to share the rowing.
He was telling the kids stories as they sailed down the Thames one day, and made up a story featuring Alice, the middle of three Liddell girls.
She loved it so much she asked him to please write it down for her.
