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 See also Dodgson condensation, mathematical method named after its inventor, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names