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How did Lewis Carroll choose his pen name?

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According to Wikipedia, the pseudonym Lewis Carrol, was a play on Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's real name. Ludovicus was the Latin for Lutwidge, & Lewis was the anglicised version of Ludovicus. The name Charles comes from the Latin name Carolus. Carroll is an Irish surname similar to the Latin Carolus.

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