Henry Liddell
British classical scholar and administrator (1811-1898) · Academics · Died at 86
Henry George Liddell was dean (1855-1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870-1874), headmaster (1846-1855) of Westminster School, author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author of the monumental work A Greek-English Lexicon, known as "Liddell and Scott", which is still widely used by students of Greek.
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Henry Liddell, in an 1858 portrait by George Richmond
Henry Liddell, in an 1891 portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
Liddell as caricatured by 'Ape' in Vanity Fair (1875)
Three of Liddell's children (l to r) Lorina, Edith and Alice, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1872. The central figure is Charles Hay Cameron as King Lear.About this person
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Henry Liddell's daughter Alice.
