Matthew Maty, in his Mémoire sur la vie et sur les écrits de M. A. de Moivre, wrote that Dodson was a pupil of Abraham de Moivre. He worked as an accountant and teacher. In 1752 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, a friend of Dodson, became President of the Royal Society, and Dodson was elected a Fellow on 16 January 1755.
Matthew Maty, in his book "Mémoire sur la vie et sur les écrits de M. A. de Moivre," stated that Dodson was a student of Abraham de Moivre. He worked as an accountant and teacher. In 1752, George Parker, the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, a friend of Dodson, became President of the Royal Society, and Dodson was elected a Fellow on January 16, 1755.