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Lewis Carroll photograph of Beatrice Hatch, colourised on Carroll's instructions Cohen goes on to note that Dodgson "apparently convinced many of his friends that his attachment to the nude female child form was free of any eroticism ", but adds that "later generations look beneath the surface" (p. 229).
The Lewis Carroll Society of North America (LCSNA) is a learned, not-for-profit organization [1] dedicated to furthering interest in the life and works of the Rev. Charles L. Dodgson, known to the world as Lewis Carroll, through its publications, and by providing a forum for speakers and scholars, and helping collectors, students, and other Carroll enthusiasts connect with each other.
The institution became the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1864, [27] [28] with two divisions; Natural History, and Industrial Arts. The natural history collection was transferred from the university in 1865–1866.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.
The Jabberwock, as illustrated by John Tenniel, 1871 "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
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Lewis Carroll: A Biography is a 1995 biography of author Lewis Carroll by Morton N. Cohen, first published by Knopf, later by Macmillan.It is generally considered to be the definitive scholarly work on Carroll's (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) life.