Croydon Augustine Dockham (July 4, 1835 - September 6, 1907) was an American printer and publisher. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, Dockham attended school in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He began publishing directories of Haverhill, Lawrence, and Newburyport, Massachusetts at the age of seventeen. In 1901 Dockham held the distinction of being the oldest living directory publisher in the United States. He established the Lawrence Daily Journal in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in December 1860 and operated the newspaper through the entire American Civil War. In 1866, Dockham began publishing his 'American Report and Directory of the Textile Manufactures and Dry Goods Trade' which dealt with 'the cotton, woollen, silk, and linen manufactures in the United States, Canada, and Mexico'. Dockham moved to Chelsea in 1877 while maintaining a summer home in North Reading. He married Margaret Anson in 1868, with whom he had five children. Dockham died of intestinal cancer on September 6, 1907.