Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

Born in 1870, he was the son of Mary Charlotte Dodgson, making him a nephew of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson — better known as Lewis Carroll. Sources on Lewis Carroll’s family note that he became Carroll’s first biographer and published The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll in 1898, soon after his uncle’s death.

He is also credited with compiling The Lewis Carroll Picture Book in 1899. Library and reference records describe him not only as an author, but also as an English clergyman and headmaster, suggesting a life spent in both education and letters.

Though not a widely known figure in his own right today, his work remains important for readers interested in Carroll’s life. Because he had family access to private papers and diaries, his writing became one of the earliest and most influential windows into the world around Lewis Carroll.