William Hanson Dodge, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1866
Date of Death: 01-Feb-1932
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About William Hanson Dodge
- William Hanson Dodge (March 5, 1866 – February 1, 1932) was an American photographer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, living in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- His son, Harold F.
- Dodge, a noted mathematician, was a pioneer in the field of statistical quality control.
- William Dodge was employed by the Lowell Manufacturing Company; this firm was later purchased by the Bigelow Carpet Company.
- His work as a designer and color mixer was augmented by his hobby: photography.
- Dodge was a skilled photographer: in 1894 he won a bronze medal at a competition in New York City for a composition entitled “Winter.” This photo appears in W.
- I.
- Lincoln Adams's book Sunlight and Shadow, where it was included as an example of “successful landscape work”; other photographers whose work is featured in the book include Alfred Stieglitz and H.
- P.
- Robinson.
- Later that year, another of his photographs at an exhibition in New York, “December Morning,” was highly praised by a reviewer in American Amateur Photographer.Another activity for Dodge was bicycle racing.
- Winning many ribbons as a racer, he belonged to the Spindle City Club, of Lowell, Massachusetts, taking many long trips with this group.
- He also served as a referee and official at races throughout the region during the 1890s.
- During these years, Dodge was also active in the Knights of Pythias, a men's fraternal organization, serving as chancellor and master of works.In the early twentieth century, William Dodge turned to politics.
- He was elected to the Lowell Common Council in 1903.
- In 1905 he was elected president of the council, a year-long position, after which he served on the Board of Aldermen for a year.Around 1910 William Dodge moved to Detroit, where he opened a business selling X-ray equipment to doctors and hospitals.
- His sales trips frequently took him to Chicago.
- He died in Detroit on February 1, 1932.
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