Catherine Richards
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Articles, Reviews, etc.
Lectures, Talks, Walks
Events Organised
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Homepage and Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Retired - former consultant paediatric surgeon at Evelina London Children's Hospital (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)

Currently working on a number of research projects and supporting various arts and humanities organisations.

Developing several facilities within the Lewis Carroll Resources website.

 

Honorary Positions - Current

Institute of Snarkology

Editorial Board, The Snarkologist, 2021-

Website: https://snarkology.net

Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Working Group
(British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)

Panel Member, 2017-

Gryphon Educational Trust

Trustee, 2017-

Website: https://gryphoneducationaltrust.org

 

Honorary Positions - Past

Wonderland Awards - University of Southern California

Member of Judging Panel, 2021

Lewis Carroll Society

Secretary, 1985-1989

1998 Committee, 1995-1998

 

Education/Qualifications

Master of Surgery, University of Cambridge (2001)

Specialist Register, Paediatric Surgery, RCS (2000)

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England (1993)

University of Cambridge (1982-1985)

Honours Degree in Medical Sciences.

Lectures, Talks, Walks, etc. given by Catherine Richards

On Matters Pertaining to Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

Collecting Lewis Carroll Postcards

Zoom Webinar, 11 June 2023
Lewis Carroll Society of North America Collectors’ Meeting

Fighting for Alice!

Zoom Webinar, 22 August 2021

Having a Lovely Time, Wish You Were Here

Lecture to the Lewis Carroll Society of North America
Spring Meeting 2016
University of Maryland, U.S.A.

Click Here to Watch Recording

The Alternative Christ Church Tour (guided tour)

Lewis Carroll Centenary Programme, 1998
Christ Church, Oxford

Lewis Carroll's Christ Church (guided tour)

Lewis Carroll Centenary Programme, 1998
Christ Church, Oxford

Berlin: A Carrollian Travelogue

Joint presentation with Mark Richards
Lewis Carroll Society Meeting
County Hall, London
15 November 1985

Articles and Publications by Catherine Richards

Through the Looking-Glass, and what Henry Savile Clarke Found There. Co-written with Clare Imholtz.

Chapter 18 pp.211-229. In Alice Through the Looking Glass, A Companion. Peter Lang, 2024.

Through the Marble Arch, and What Alice Found There

Knightletter (ISSN: 0193-886X), Issue 112, Spring 2024, pages 27-30.

'The Hunting of the Octopus', a Political Parody Explored. Co-written with August Imholtz.

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 7, Spring 20224, pages 4-14, 36-44. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

Mr Michael Harmer and Dr Richard Asher: Two Notable Early Members of the Cambridge Snark Club

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 6, Fall 2023, pages 24-26. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

The Snark Clubs of New College, Oxford

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 6, Fall 2023, pages 27-33. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

The University of Miami Snarks

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 6, Fall 2023, pages 35-36. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and the Grand Snark of the Universe

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 6, Fall 2023, pages 38-42. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

Census of Inscribed Copies of The Hunting of the Snark. Co-written with Selwyn Goodacre and Edward Wakeling.

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 5, April 2023, pages 2-28. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

What is Missing from Henry Savile Clarke’s Musical Dream-Play, Alice in Wonderland

Theatre Notebook, Volume 76, No. 3, 2022, pages 153-72. Available from Society for the History of Theatre Research

The Hansard Snark

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 4, October 2022, pages 4-24. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

“The Three Snarks” – A Re-discovered Snark Parody

The Snarkologist (ISSN: 2564 0011), Volume 1, Fit 1, May 2021, pages 2-10. Available from The Institute of Snarkology.

Blue-Bell in Fairyland, an Alice Imitation

Knightletter (ISSN: 0193-886X), Issue 105, Fall 2020, pages 24-30. Available online at the Internet Archive.

The Name of the Song is Called ‘Acquisition by the State’ (Editor)

Aznet Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-904733-08-9.

The Story of Cuthbert (A Pig Tale with a Happy Ending)

Knightletter (ISSN: 0193-886X), Issue 103, Fall 2019, page 43. Available online at the Internet Archive.

The Story of Cuthbert (A Pig Tale with a Happy Ending)

Keepsake for the Children's Books History Society, August 2019

The Indisposition of Mr Seymour Hicks

Mischmasch (ISSN: 1343 1501), Issue 20, 2017, Pages 196-204

Iffley

Keepsake for the Lewis Carroll Society celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the original telling of Alice
Privately published, 2012

Briefing Pack for Guides and Speakers

Lewis Carroll Centenary Programme, 1998
Christ Church, Oxford

Conferences, Courses, Tours and Events Organised by Catherine Richards

Alice's Adventures 150th Anniversary Events

Anniversary River Trip, Guided Walks, Flotilla
The Lewis Carroll Society and City Barge
4 to 7 July 2012
Flotilla jointly organised with Mike Wilson
River Trip jointly organised with Mark Davies and Mark Richards

'Lewis Carroll Man of Science'

Lewis Carroll Society and The British Society for the History of Mathematics
London School of Economics, London
2011
Jointly organised with Amirouche Moktefi, Ivor Grattan-Guinness and Mark Richards

Guildford Study Visit

The Lewis Carroll Society
Guildford, Albury, Woking
2010
Jointly organised with Mark Richards

Lewis Carroll, Photographer

The Lewis Carroll Society and Julia Margaret Cameron Trust
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
28 to 30 September 2007
Jointly organised with Colin Ford, Mark Richards and John Holsburt

South Coast Study Tour

The Lewis Carroll Society
Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton
18 to 22 August 2005
Jointly organised with Mark Richards

Visit to Freshwater, Isle of Wight

The Lewis Carroll Society
Isle of Wight, England
15 to 17 June 2001
Jointly organised with Mark Richards

Visit to Ripon

The Lewis Carroll Society
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
4 to 6 August 2000
Jointly organised with Maurice Taylor and Mark Richards

Visit to Llandudno

The Lewis Carroll Society
18 to 20 June 1999
Jointly organised with Ivor Wynne Jones, Alan White and Mark Richards

Lewis Carroll Centenary Programme

The Lewis Carroll Society, OUDCE and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
16 to 22 August 1998
Jointly organised with Edward Wakeling, Mark Richards, Anne Clark Amor and John Harris

Visit to Paris

Paris, France
3 to 6 July 1997
Jointly organsed with Hugues Lebailly, Anne Clark Amor and Mark Richards

Visit to Guildford

The Lewis Carroll Society
Guildford, Surrey, England
2 to 4 August 1996
Jointly organised with Mark Richards

Visit to Lyndhurst

The Lewis Carroll Society
Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England
30 June to 2 July 1995
Jointly organised with Anne Clark Amor, Alan White and Mark Richards

Lewis Carroll: The First International Conference

The Lewis Carroll Society
Christ Church, Oxford, England
27 to 30 July 1989
Jointly organised with Edward Wakeling and Mark Richards

Alice's Adventures 125th Anniversary River Trip

The Lewis Carroll Society
Oxford, England
4 July 1987
Jointly organised with Edward Wakeling and Mark Richards

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Cultural Society Memberships

The De Morgan Foundation (Patron)

demorgan.org.uk

20th Century Society (Benefactor)

www.c20society.org.uk

The Lewis Carroll Society

lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

Lewis Carroll Society of North America

lewiscarroll.org

Lewis Carroll Society of Japan

www2.gol.com/users/kinosita/lcsj

Sociedade Lewis Carroll Brasil

www.lewiscarrollbrasil.com.br

Lewis Carroll Genootschap

lewiscarrollgenootschap.nl/

Imaginative Book Illustration Society

bookillustration.org

Tiles and Architectual Ceramics Society

tilesoc.org.uk

Festival of Britain Society

fobsociety.co.uk/

The Ephemera Society (UK)

www.ephemera-society.org.uk/

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T.G.B. Publications

Jolly as a Snow-Boy. The Life and Works of J.C. Atkinson

A brief biography of Canon J.C. Atkinson by Peter Atkinson
A brief bibliography of J.C. Atkinson by Selwyn Goodacre
J.C. Atkinson and C.L. Dodgson by Mark Richards
Published by Aznet Publishing, July 2003

Conceived, designed and printed by Mark Richards

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