Name Moses Dodd | Died April 8, 1899 | |
Books Honey Blossoms for Little Bees Education Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary | ||
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.
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Biography
He was the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867) of Bloomfield, New Jersey. After graduation at Princeton in 1837, he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, but he did not graduate because of his health problems. 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 on April 8, 1899.
Family
He had the following siblings:
He married Rachel Hoe (1817–1897) and had the following children:
References
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