Moses Woodruff Dodd (November 11, 1813 – April 8, 1899) was the founder of a publishing company that eventually became

Dodd, Mead and Company Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. History Origins In 1839, Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and John S. Ta ...

in New York City.

Biography

He was the son of Ira Dodd (1786–1869) and Anna Harrison (1785–1867) of

Bloomfield, New Jersey Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 53,105. It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District. History The initial patent for the land that w ...

. After graduation at

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...

in 1837, he entered the

Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of t ...

, 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: *Mary Kingsland Dodd (1811–1833) *Phebe Pierson Dodd (1816–1894) *Amarintha Dodd (1821–1889). He married Rachel Hoe (1817–1897) and had the following children: *Ira Seymour Dodd (1842–1922) *

Frank Howard Dodd Frank Howard Dodd (April 12, 1844 – January 10, 1916) was a United States publisher. Early life Dodd was born on April 12, 1844 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the second son of Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and Rachel ( Hoe) Dodd (1817– ...

(1844–1916) who took control of the company at his father's retirement. *Charles Townley Dodd (1846–1917) *Robert Hoe Dodd (1848–1934) *William Mead Dodd (1851–1928) who married Jean MacNeill *Edward Winslow Dodd (1853) Dodd's granddaughter, Marion Elza Dodd, co-founded the Hampshire Bookshop in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dodd, Moses Woodruff 1813 births 1899 deaths American publishers (people) Princeton University alumni Princeton Theological Seminary alumni 19th-century American businesspeople