The New Student's Reference Work/Dodge, William Earl
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Dodge, William Earl, an American philanthropist, was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1805. At 21 years of age he went into business in New York and became a successful importer and manufacturer. He was a member of many benevolent and religious societies; and was elected a Republican member of Congress in 1866–67. The Protestant college at Beirut, Syria, was founded largely through his help; and he always was very prominent in charitable work of different kinds. He died at New York in 1883.