Frank Howard Dodd (April 12, 1844 – January 10, 1916) was a

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Early life

Dodd was born on April 12, 1844 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the second son of

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(1813–1899) and Rachel ( Hoe) Dodd (1817–1897). He prepared at Bloomfield Academy to enter

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, but instead went into the New York publishing house of his father, M. W. Dodd.Staff
"Obituary"
p. 76. ''The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, Volume 44''. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Mr. Dodd was born in Bloomfield, N. J., on April 22, 1844, and educated at Bloomfield Academy, where he prepared to enter Yale University."

Career

Upon his father's retirement in 1870, Dodd became the head of M. W. Dodd and entered into a partnership with Edward S. Mead. Six years later Bleecker Van Wagenen joined the firm and the name was changed to

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. Beside publishing books in all departments of literature, the firm, under F. H. Dodd's supervision, founded ''The Bookman'' in 1895 and in 1902 ''The New International Encyclopædia'' which succeeded the ''International Cyclopædia'' of earlier years. Dodd was president of the

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for a number of years and had various civic and philanthropic interests, being largely instrumental, as president of the Fourth Avenue Association, in the business development of that street. He was a member of the

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and a trustee for the New York Kindergarten Association and the Greenwich Savings Bank. He was a member of the Century Club and

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Personal life

In 1868, Dodd married Martha Bliss Parker, a daughter of Joel Parker, president of Union Theological Seminary. Together, they were the parents of four children: Harriet, Katherine, Jane and Edward Dodd. Dodd died on January 10, 1916 at 333 West 77th Street, his residence in

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References

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