The Resume

(January 27, 1832-January 14, 1898)
Birth name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Wrote 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)' and 'Through the Looking Glass (1871)'

Why he might be annoying:

He grew up rich.
He had a bad stutter.
His books use many nonsense words.
He liked to photograph very young girls in the nude.
His images and characters inspired a lot of drug-related entertainment in the 1960s and 1970s.

Why he might not be annoying:

Despite much gossip about him, no real evidence of improper conduct with children has ever surfaced.
He was bullied as a child.
He studied to become a minister, but quit because he didn't believe that non-Christians went to hell.
His children's books didn't have moral agendas (very unusual for the time).
He used children's literature to make fun of stuffy Victorian culture.
Some of his nonsense words, like 'mishmash' and 'chortle,' have become established in the English language.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 25 Most Downloaded eBooks on Project Gutenberg (Ranked: 5)
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• Alleged Kid Lovers
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 6984)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 30)
• Born on Holocaust Remembrance Day [January 27] (Ranked: 1832)
• Celebrities on the Cover of Sgt. Pepper
• Children's Book Authors
• Eminent Victorians
• I Abused Hashish
• I Abused Opium
• I Attended Rugby
• I Attended Westminster
• I Inspired a Musical
• I Stutter/Stammer
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Jack the Ripper Suspects
• Photographers
• Profiles 11251-11500 (Ranked: 11257)
• Satirists and Wits
• Satirized on Rocko’s Modern Life
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Terry Gilliam Films
• Vehicle Names
• Walt Disney Turned My Book Into a Movie
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]
• World's Top 10 Library Books [2004] (Ranked: 9)
• World's Top 10 Library Books [2005] (Ranked: 10)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 77 Votes: 48.05% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 79 Votes: 53.16% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 57 Votes: 43.86% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 214 Votes: 72.43% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 140 Votes: 36.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 89 Votes: 33.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 184 Votes: 44.02% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 212 Votes: 42.92% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 284 Votes: 44.72% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 392 Votes: 44.39% Annoying