Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Nearly 20 separate biographies have been written about Lewis Carroll, almost all conflicting. (Source)
Carroll was a mathematician and a logician of some note, and many of his stories are reputed to be based on logic games. (Source)
Carroll's life is something of a mystery, and has remained the subject of intense controversy over the years. He was once rumored to be pedophilic and reclusive. Others have recently portrayed him as a well-adjusted socialite. (Source)
While teaching at Christ's Church College in Oxford, Carroll was ordained as a deacon, but he never preached. (Source)
Carroll suffered from a bout of whooping cough early in life, which left him with a bit of a stutter. (Source)