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  2. Oxford University Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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    The museum displays a 1651 painting of a dodo by Flemish artist, Jan Savery. [citation needed] Charles Dodgson, better known by his pen-name Lewis Carroll, was a regular visitor to the museum, and Savery's painting is likely to have influenced the character of the Dodo in Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [citation needed]

  3. Lewis Carroll Society of North America - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of natural history museums in the United States

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    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.

  5. Jan Savery - Wikipedia

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    Hans Savery is best known for his 1651 depiction of the dodo now held by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It is widely believed that Lewis Carroll (who was also an Oxford mathematician) was inspired by Savery's image of the dodo hanging at Oxford to include the creature as a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. His ...

  6. Museum of Oxford - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of Oxford was first opened in 1975 inside Oxford Town Hall, occupying the former premises of the Oxford Public Library. [1] The museum is situated inside Oxford Town Hall, which was first opened in 1897 and was built by the architect Henry Hare in the Jacobethan style. [citation needed]

  7. Lewis Carroll - Wikipedia

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    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ ˈ l ʌ t w ɪ dʒ ˈ d ɒ d s ən / LUT-wij DOD-sən; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglican deacon.

  8. William Huddesford - Wikipedia

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    These ended up at the University Museum and they inspired Lewis Carroll to include a dodo in the opening chapters of Alice in Wonderland. [1] Huddesford had been ordained in 1758 and served as curate at Garsington before he was made the vicar of Bishop's Tachbrook in Warwickshire in 1761. He was proctor of Oxford University in 1765.

  9. List of museums in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.