Lewis Carroll

"Five o'clock tea" is a phrase our "rude forefathers," even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; and yet, so rapid is the March of the Mind, it has already risen into a national institution, and rivals, in its universal application to all ranks and ages, and as a specific for "all the ills that flesh is heir to," the glorious Magna Charta."

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Source: Fictional character: Mad Hatter. Alice in Wonderland, www.imdb.com. February 25, 2010.

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Author, Mathematician

Lewis Carroll was an English writer and mathematician, best known for his imaginative works like 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' which explore themes of identity and reality.

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