Dodd, William George

William George Dodd was born in Waynesville, Ohio, on April 9, 1874. He received his A.B. degree from Bethany College in 1893, and A.M. in 1908, and a Ph. D. in English Literature in 1911, both from Harvard University. He was appointed in 1910 as professor of English at Florida State College for Women, teaching classes mainly in Chaucer and Shakespeare. In 1913, he was appointed as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a post which he held until his retirement in 1944.

He wrote the College song for the Florida State College for Women and books on the history of education in Tallahassee, including Florida State College for Women: Notes of the formative years; West Florida Seminary, 1857-1901; and Florida State College, 1901-1905. In 1961, the building built in the 1920s as the Library was renamed Dodd Hall in recognition of his service to education. He died in 1963.