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John Dodd (13 December 1932 — 6 December 2022) was an Epsom engineer, and automatic transmission specialist. Dodd was the creator of the aero-engined car, "The Beast", which featured in several television programmes, and received large-scale press coverage during Dodd's legal disputes with Rolls-Royce, over his use of the firms' radiator grill and Spirit of Ecstasy.
John Dodd (tea merchant) (fl. 1860s), Scottish merchant and author on Formosa, pioneer of Taiwan's tea industry; John Dodd (Wells MP) (c. 1693–1719), English Member of Parliament for Wells, 1717–1719; John L. Dodd, American lawyer and 116th President General of the Sons of the American Revolution; Johnny Dodd (1941–1991), American ...
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 73 years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running American television serie
The Beast was brought to the attention of Rolls-Royce, who took Dodd to court after he refused to remove their radiator grille, badges, and Spirit of Ecstasy mascot. After a heavily publicised trial, Dodd lost the court case and the Rolls-Royce trademarked features were removed. The grille was replaced with one bearing Dodd's "JD" initials.
In 2011, Fast Books published the book Johnny! by Village Voice critic Michael Townsend Smith that recounts much of the life of Johnny Dodd. Smith was from 1964 to 1971 Dodd's romantic partner. [8] In 2017, Fast Books published a book of Johhny Dodd's collages entitled My Funny Valentine Collages under his full name John P. Dodd. [9]
Many sources [6] report that the jockey who died in the 1881 Melbourne Cup was George Dodd and that he was one of Australia's most famous jockeys at the time. The Australian Jockeys Association memorial at Caulfield Racecourse records a G. Dodd but no J. Dodd. [7] This story dates back at least to a 1949 article by "The Storyteller" in a Victorian regional newspaper [8] which adds that Dodd ...
Barry John Dodd CBE (2 October 1947 – 30 May 2018 [1] [2]) was an entrepreneur who ran a graphics company, GSM Group. He was appointed as the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire in September 2014. Dodd was killed in a helicopter crash in North Yorkshire in May 2018.
John Dodd (c. 1693 – 25 August 1719) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1717 to 1719. Dodd was the only surviving son of Sir Samuel Dodd, chief baron of the Exchequer, and his wife Isabel Croke, daughter of Sir Robert Croke , MP, of Chequers , Buckinghamshire.