Concept
Henry Liddell
Overview
Henry George Liddell (; 6 February 1811 – 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after him), author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author (with Robert Scott) of the monumental work A Greek–English Lexicon, known as "Liddell and Scott", which is still widely used by students of Greek. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Henry Liddell's daughter Alice.
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Related ideas
- Charterhouse School
- Order of the British Empire
- Lewis Carroll
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Penguin Books
- Robert Scott (philologist)
Place in the tradition
Part of Nominalism.