title: Dodgson
text: # Dodgson
  
  Dodgson is a surname. Its origin is "son of Roger", "Dodge" being a mediaeval nickname for Roger, as were Rodge and Hodge.
  
  * Campbell Dodgson (1867–1948), British art historian and museum curator
  * Catharine Dodgson (1883–1954), British artist
  * Charles Dodgson (bishop) (c.1722–1795), Anglican Bishop of Elphin
  * Charles Dodgson (priest) (1800–1868), Anglican Archdeacon of Richmond
  * Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, English mathematician, logician, clergyman, photographer and author, better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll.
  * Edwin Heron Dodgson, youngest brother of the above, Church of England clergyman and missionary
  * Elyse Dodgson (1945–2018), British theatre producer
  * Lewis Dodgson, a fictional minor character in the novel Jurassic Park
  * Mark Dodgson (born 1957), Australian academic and author
  * Neil Dodgson (born 1966), British computer scientist
  * Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013), British composer
  
  Dodgson is also a given name, following the practice of using an ancestor's surname as a child's given name.
  
  * Dodgson Hamilton Madden, Irish Unionist Member of Parliament (1887-92)
  * George Dodgson Callow (1829–1875), English painter
  * John Dodgson Barrow, American landscape painter
  