Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Dorsey GARDNER

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GARDNER, Dorsey, etymologist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. l, 1842. In 1854 he removed with his parents to Trenton, N.J., where he prepared for college. He entered Yale in the class of 1864, but in 1862 returned to Trenton and engaged in journalism. He was editor of the Trenton Daily Monitor, 1864-65; of the New York Round Table, 1866-68; and at different times served on the editorial staff of the Christian Union and the Commercial Advertiser. In 1872 he was appointed secretary to the U.S. centennial commission at Philadelphia assisting in the organization of the enterprise and during the exhibition in 1876 he was private secretary to Director-General A. T. Goshorn. At the close of the exhibition he superintended the publication of the official papers and reports. In 1881 he was employed by the U.S. department of state to prepare for publication the report of R. C. McCormick, U.S. commissioner-general to the Paris exhibition. In 1882 he began the revision of Webster's "International Dictionary" in recognition of which service Yale conferred upon him the degree of M.A. in 1890. He is the author of: Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo (1882); and A Condensed Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1884); published also in London, Eng., in 1886. He died in Short Hills, N J., Nov 30, 1894.

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