What is "dodgson"

Dodgson is a surname. Its origin is "son of Roger", "Dodge" being a mediaeval nickname for Roger, as were Rodge and Hodge.

• 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
• Lewis Dodgson, a fictional minor character in Jurassic Park.
• 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)
• John Dodgson Barrow, American landscape painter