He was educated at Richmond School, Rugby School, Christ Church, and the University of Oxford[3][29][32]. The University of Oxford employed him from 1856 to 1881[3]. An adherent to Anglicanism, he served as a deacon[26][33][1][34]. His professional occupations included mathematician, logician, photographer, poet, and children's writer[26][33][1][34], and his broader fields encompassed writer and inventor.
His work spanned the genres of children's literature, mathematical logic, literary nonsense, and linear algebra. His notable works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, and The Hunting of the Snark.
Lewis Carroll has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] He is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
He has been cited as an influence by Jorge Luis Borges[49], a translator[50], 1899–1986[51], of Argentina[52], awarded the Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE[53]; Joyce Carol Oates[54], a playwright[55], b. 1938[56], of United States[57], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[58], specialised in poetry[59]; Gene Wolfe[60], a writer[61], 1931–2019[62], of United States[63], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novella[64], specialised in science fiction[65]; Jonathan Lethem[66], a writer[67], b. 1964[68], of United States[69], awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[70]; Jacques Rivette[71], a film director[72], 1928–2016[73], of France[74], awarded the Sutherland Trophy[75], specialised in film[76]; and Jeff Noon[77], a writer[78], b. 1957[79], of United Kingdom[80], awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award[81].
He is credited with the discovery of barbershop paradox[82], a paradox[83]. Works attributed to him include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland[84], Jabberwocky[85], Through the Looking-Glass[86], The Walrus and the Carpenter[87], The Hunting of the Snark[88], and What the Tortoise Said to Achilles[89].
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