The New Student's Reference Work/Dodge, William Earl

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.