DORSEY GARDNER
\dˈɔːsɪ ɡˈɑːdnə], \dˈɔːsɪ ɡˈɑːdnə], \d_ˈɔː_s_ɪ ɡ_ˈɑː_d_n_ə]\
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An American editor, compiler, and author; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 1, 1842; died in Short Hills, N. J., Nov. 30, 1894. He was at one time connected with the Christian Union and New York Commercial Advertiser; became one of the secretaries of the United States Centennial Commission; and since 1882 had been engaged editorially in the revision of the Webster "International Dictionary". He published: "Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo" (1882); "A Condensed Etymological Dictionary of the English Language" (1884).
By Charles Dudley Warner
