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.
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
Cultural Society Memberships
The De Morgan Foundation (Patron)
20th Century Society (Benefactor)
The Lewis Carroll Society
Lewis Carroll Society of North America
Lewis Carroll Society of Japan
www2.gol.com/users/kinosita/lcsj
Sociedade Lewis Carroll Brasil
Lewis Carroll Genootschap
Imaginative Book Illustration Society
Tiles and Architectual Ceramics Society
Festival of Britain Society
The Ephemera Society (UK)
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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