Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge
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Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge (17 January 1802 – 28 May 1873) was an English barrister
, Commissioner in Lunacy and early photographer. He was the uncle of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll
.
He joined the Photographic Society of London, later the Royal Photographic Society
, in the 1850s. He passed this interest on to his nephew Charles.
He died in May 1873 from injuries inflicted by a patient in an asylum he was inspecting.
Barrister
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
, Commissioner in Lunacy and early photographer. He was the uncle of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
.
He joined the Photographic Society of London, later the Royal Photographic Society
Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society is the world's oldest national photographic society. It was founded in London, United Kingdom in 1853 as The Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the Art and Science of Photography...
, in the 1850s. He passed this interest on to his nephew Charles.
He died in May 1873 from injuries inflicted by a patient in an asylum he was inspecting.