Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass were written for a real live Alice. Her name was Liddell, and her father was a college professor; Another college professor, whose name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was teacher of mathematics in the same college--the University of Oxford, in England.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Picture by John Tenniel, 1898

The real Alice in Wonderland, 

Alice Pleasance Liddell

Born: May 4, 1852

Died:  London, Nov. 15, 1934.

Professor Dodgson died on the 14th of January, 1898, an old man of sixty-six; but his story of Alice will never die. When you read the story, you will know why.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Picture by John Tenniel, 1898

Sir John Tenniel RI (1820-1914). Cartoonist and illustrator. Famous for his Punch Cartoons and illustrations and also as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’ Books (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1866) and Through the Looking Glass (1872) ) amongst others. Examples of his work can be found in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Picture by John Tenniel, 1898

He wrote these wonder-stories about Alice for Alice under the name of "Lewis Carroll," and that is the name by which he is known to the million and more children who have read his delightful accounts of Alice's marvelous adventures.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Picture by John Tenniel, 1898