Telfair Hodgson (March 14, 1840 – September 11, 1893) was an American Episcopal priest and academic administrator.

[1] At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Hodgson left seminary and enlisted as a private in the 44th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States Army.

He transferred to serve in the 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, which was led by his brother, Colonel Joseph Hodgson.

[3] When William Peterfield Trent founded The Sewanee Review in 1892, Hodgson became its financial backer and managing editor.

[2][8] Hodgson married Frances Glen Potter, the daughter of a slave-owning planter from Savannah, Georgia.