Frank Howard Dodd
Encyclopedia
Frank Howard Dodd was a United States
publisher.
, but instead went into the New York publishing house of his father, M. W. Dodd
. To this business he succeeded in 1870, forming a partnership with Edward S. Mead. Six years later Bleecker Van Wagenen joined the firm and the name was changed to Dodd, Mead and Company
. 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 American Publishers' Association 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 New York Chamber of Commerce and a trustee for the New York Kindergarten Association and the Greenwich Savings Bank. He was a member of the Century Club
and City Club of New York City, and the National Club of London
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
publisher.
Biography
He prepared at Bloomfield Academy to enter YaleYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, but instead went into the New York publishing house of his father, M. W. Dodd
Moses Woodruff Dodd
Moses Woodruff Dodd was the founder of a publishing company that eventually became Dodd, Mead and Company in New York City.-Biography:...
. To this business he succeeded in 1870, forming a partnership with Edward S. Mead. Six years later Bleecker Van Wagenen joined the firm and the name was changed to Dodd, Mead and Company
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. Its history properly began in 1870, with the retirement of its founder, Moses Woodruff Dodd. Control passed to his son Frank...
. Beside publishing books in all departments of literature, the firm, under F. H. Dodd's supervision, founded The Bookman
The Bookman (New York)
The Bookman was a literary journal established in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It drew its name from the phrase, "I am a Bookman," by James Russell Lowell; the phrase regularly appeared on the cover and title page of the bound edition. It was purchased in 1918 by the George H. Doran Company. In...
in 1895 and in 1902 The New International Encyclopædia
New International Encyclopedia
The New International Encyclopedia was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It descended from the International Cyclopaedia and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926.-History:...
which succeeded the International Cyclopædia of earlier years.
Dodd was president of the American Publishers' Association 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 New York Chamber of Commerce and a trustee for the New York Kindergarten Association and the Greenwich Savings Bank. He was a member of the Century Club
Century Association
__notoc__The Century Association is a private club in New York City. It evolved out of an earlier organization – the Sketch Club, founded in 1829 by editor and poet William Cullen Bryant and his friends – and was established in 1847 by Bryant and others as a club to promote interest in...
and City Club of New York City, and the National Club of London
London
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.