Moses Woodruff Dodd | |
---|---|
Born |
Bloomfield, New Jersey | November 11, 1813
Died | April 8, 1899
New York, New York | (aged 85)
Education | Princeton University |
Occupation | Publisher |
Spouse |
Rachel Hoe
(
m. 1841; died 1897) |
Children | 6, including Frank Howard Dodd |
Moses Woodruff Dodd (November 11, 1813 – April 8, 1899) was the founder of a publishing company that eventually became Dodd, Mead and Company in New York City.
Moses Woodruff Dodd was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on November 11, 1813, the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867). [1] After graduation at Princeton in 1837, he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, but he did not graduate because of his health problems. [1] In 1839, he formed a partnership with John S. Taylor, a publisher of New York City. When Taylor retired in 1840, Dodd continued the business under the name of M. W. Dodd until his retirement in 1870.
He died at his home in Manhattan on April 8, 1899. [1]
He had the following siblings:
He married Rachel Hoe (1817–1897) in Brooklyn on May 20, 1831, and had the following children: [2]
Dodd's granddaughter, Marion Elza Dodd, co-founded the Hampshire Bookshop in Northampton, Massachusetts. [4]
Announcement was made here last night of the death Sunday of William Mead Dodd in the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 77.
Moses Woodruff Dodd | |
---|---|
Born |
Bloomfield, New Jersey | November 11, 1813
Died | April 8, 1899
New York, New York | (aged 85)
Education | Princeton University |
Occupation | Publisher |
Spouse |
Rachel Hoe
(
m. 1841; died 1897) |
Children | 6, including Frank Howard Dodd |
Moses Woodruff Dodd (November 11, 1813 – April 8, 1899) was the founder of a publishing company that eventually became Dodd, Mead and Company in New York City.
Moses Woodruff Dodd was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on November 11, 1813, the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867). [1] After graduation at Princeton in 1837, he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, but he did not graduate because of his health problems. [1] In 1839, he formed a partnership with John S. Taylor, a publisher of New York City. When Taylor retired in 1840, Dodd continued the business under the name of M. W. Dodd until his retirement in 1870.
He died at his home in Manhattan on April 8, 1899. [1]
He had the following siblings:
He married Rachel Hoe (1817–1897) in Brooklyn on May 20, 1831, and had the following children: [2]
Dodd's granddaughter, Marion Elza Dodd, co-founded the Hampshire Bookshop in Northampton, Massachusetts. [4]
Announcement was made here last night of the death Sunday of William Mead Dodd in the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 77.