author
Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
1870–1937
Remembered best for preserving the life and personality of Lewis Carroll, this English clergyman and schoolmaster wrote with the closeness of a family insider. His books remain valuable for readers curious about the world behind Alice in Wonderland.
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The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)
by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
About the author
Born in 1870, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood was an English clergyman, headmaster, and author. He is chiefly known for writing about his uncle, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson—better known as Lewis Carroll—and for helping shape how later readers understood Carroll's life and character.
His best-known book is The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, first published in 1898, soon after Carroll's death. He also edited The Lewis Carroll Picture Book in 1899, drawing on family knowledge and unpublished material to present a more personal view of the famous writer.
Collingwood died in 1937. Although not as widely known today as the subject of his books, he still matters to literary history because his work preserved memories, letters, and details that might otherwise have been lost.