
The Life of Edwin Dodgson
Brother of Lewis Carroll and Missionary to the South Atlantic Islands
The Choir Press
Published on 12. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78963-147-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first biographical account in book form of the Rev. Edwin Heron Dodgson (1846-1918), brother of Lewis Carroll (C. L. Dodgson). Sources include the important family archive from which much new information has been researched and incorporated.
After a short time working for the General Post Office in London, Edwin Dodgson, Lewis Carroll's youngest brother, became a missionary with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospels, and after a short spell in Zanzibar, spent much of his time on the remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean, principally Tristan da Cunha. During his time there, tragedy struck the island wiping out most of the male inhabitants. Edwin, with help from his brother, set about organising an evacuation of the island which proved unsuccessful due to the reluctance of some of the remaining islanders.
This book is illustrated with material in the family archive and from the photographic work of Lewis Carroll. When Edwin retired, he returned to the family home in Guildford where he died and is buried. Caroline Luke is Edwin's great great niece, and she has provided much of the material used in the preparation of this book. Edward Wakeling is a recognised scholar and expert on the life of Lewis Carroll.
After a short time working for the General Post Office in London, Edwin Dodgson, Lewis Carroll's youngest brother, became a missionary with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospels, and after a short spell in Zanzibar, spent much of his time on the remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean, principally Tristan da Cunha. During his time there, tragedy struck the island wiping out most of the male inhabitants. Edwin, with help from his brother, set about organising an evacuation of the island which proved unsuccessful due to the reluctance of some of the remaining islanders.
This book is illustrated with material in the family archive and from the photographic work of Lewis Carroll. When Edwin retired, he returned to the family home in Guildford where he died and is buried. Caroline Luke is Edwin's great great niece, and she has provided much of the material used in the preparation of this book. Edward Wakeling is a recognised scholar and expert on the life of Lewis Carroll.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Gloucester
United Kingdom
Illustrations
18 black and white and colour pictures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78963-147-0 (9781789631470)
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Edward Wakeling is a former Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society in the United Kingdom, and has been an active member for over 40 years. He is also a member of various Lewis Carroll Societies around the world including Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States of America. He contributes regular papers to the various journals published by these Societies. He is one of the major collectors of Lewis Carroll material in the UK, and his collection is often consulted by researchers and writers. He has published many books and articles about Lewis Carroll including the first complete unabridged edition of Lewis Carroll's Diaries which he edited in ten volumes (Lewis Carroll Society, 1993-2007). Other books include Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles (Dover Publications, 1992), Lewis Carroll's Oxford Pamphlets (University Press of Virginia, 1993), Lewis Carroll, Photographer jointly with Roger Taylor (Princeton University Press, 2002), and Lewis Carroll and His Illustrators jointly with Morton N. Cohen (Cornell, 2003), Lewis Carroll, The Man and His Circle (Tauris, London, 2015), and The Photographs of Lewis Carroll, A Catalogue Raisonne (University of Texas Press, 2015). He is a recognised Carrollian scholar and is frequently called upon to contribute to conferences and television programmes, and to act as consultant to publishers, auctioneers, and exhibition organisers around the world.
In 1997 Caroline Luke took over from her father, Philip Dodgson Jaques, as one of the two family-executors of the C. L. Dodgson Estate. She had grown up listening to stories told by her grandmother, Amy Irene Hume Jaques, of her childhood and times spent with her 'Uncle Charles' and her other Dodgson aunts, uncles and cousins. There could scarcely have been a better introduction to the understanding of the history and lives and times of this interesting family. She is married to a retired RAF Officer, has three children, and has spent much of her career working in welfare and charitable roles. Now a grandmother herself, she is keen that her seven grandchildren not only enjoy the Alice stories but also have an appreciation of the family history surrounding them. She continues to hope that, one day, it will be possible to establish a permanent 'Home for Alice' to enable visitors to immerse themselves in the history, the artefacts and creativity that this beloved story continues to inspire.
In 1997 Caroline Luke took over from her father, Philip Dodgson Jaques, as one of the two family-executors of the C. L. Dodgson Estate. She had grown up listening to stories told by her grandmother, Amy Irene Hume Jaques, of her childhood and times spent with her 'Uncle Charles' and her other Dodgson aunts, uncles and cousins. There could scarcely have been a better introduction to the understanding of the history and lives and times of this interesting family. She is married to a retired RAF Officer, has three children, and has spent much of her career working in welfare and charitable roles. Now a grandmother herself, she is keen that her seven grandchildren not only enjoy the Alice stories but also have an appreciation of the family history surrounding them. She continues to hope that, one day, it will be possible to establish a permanent 'Home for Alice' to enable visitors to immerse themselves in the history, the artefacts and creativity that this beloved story continues to inspire.
Content
List of Illustrations; Introduction by Caroline Luke Early Life; Education and Training; Career Beginnings; Zanzibar; Tristan da Cunha; Final Career; Retirement; Postscript; Chronology of Edwin Dodgson's Life Further Reading; Index