Liddell

HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL (1811 - 1898)

Liddell was born at Binchester, near Bishop Auckland. He was a celebrated Greek scholar, and his great Greek-English Lexicon, which he compiled with Robert Scott, first appeared in 1843. It immediately became the standard work in its field. He also wrote a popular History of Rome. Liddell became Dean of Christ Church at Oxford in 1855, and it was for his daughter Alice that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL (1811 - 1898) Liddell was born at Binchester, near Bishop Auckland. He was a celebrated Greek scholar, and his great Greek-English Lexicon, which he compiled with Robert Scott, first appeared in 1843. It immediately became the standard work in its field. He also wrote a popular History of Rome. Liddell became Dean of Christ Church at Oxford in 1855, and it was for his daughter Alice that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.
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