Edwin Dodgson arrival and ministry on the island. Edwin Dodgson Edwin Heron Dodgson (30 June 1846 – 3 January 1918), a clergyman in the Church of England, was the youngest brother of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". He is primarily remembered for his work as a missionary in the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote human settlement in the world. Edwin Dodgson was born in Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, the eleventh and youngest child of the Rev. Charles Dodgson, Vicar of Croft and Archdeacon of Richmond, and his wife Frances
Charles Dodgson (priest) "Fanny" Lutwidge and was thereby required to give up his college position. He was appointed to a college living as Perpetual Curate of All Saints' Church, Daresbury. Ten of their eleven children, including Charles Lutwidge, were born here. The living was not a wealthy one and Dodgson ran a school in the village to supplement his income. In 1836 he was additionally appointed Examining Chaplain to Charles Longley, the newly created Bishop of Ripon. During this period he and his wife educated all their children at home. The headmaster of Warrington School, Thomas Vere Bayne, who had studied at Jesus