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Hudon, Henry

clergyman, college president, was born Sept. 6, 1823, in Canada. In 1870 he was elected the sixth president of the college of St. Francis Xavier, serving until 1890.

Hudson, Charles I

capitalist, was born Aug. 20, 1852, in New York. In 1891 he was elected governor of the exchange on an independent ticket, receiving over twothirds of the entire vote cast, a satisfactory evidence of his popularity. He was instrumental in introducing there the so-called trust securities, such as American Cotton Oil, National Lead Co., American Sugar Refining Co., etc. He was one of the organizers of the Fourteenth Street bank in 1888, and recently resigned from its directorate.

Hudson, Erasmus Darwin

surgeon, author, was born Dec. 15, 1805, in Torringford, Conn. He was a surgeon of New York city; and the author of Resections; Essay on Temperance; and Immobile Apparatus for Ununited Fractures. He died Dec. 31, 1880, in Greenwich, Conn.

Hudson, Erasmus Darwin

physician, author, was born Nov. 10, 1843, in Northampton, Mass. He was a physician of New York city; and the author of Doctors' Hygiene and Therapeutics; Home Treatment of Consumptives; Physical Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases; Methods of Examining Weak Chests; and Diagnosis of the Relations of Weak Digestions. He died May 9, 1887, in Northampton, Mass.

Hudson, Frederick

journalist, author, was born in 1819, in Quincy, Mass. He was a journalist connected with The New York Herald in various capacities for nearly thirty years, who after 1866 lived at Concord, Mass. He was the author of History of Journalism in the United States. He died Oct. 21, 1875, in Concord, Mass.

Hudson, George Howard

educator, lawyer, was born July 7, 1861, in White county, Tenn. After receiving his education he entered educational work, and for many years taught school in his native county. Since 1887 he has practiced law with success at Sparta, Tenn., where he has taken a prominent part in the public affairs of his county and state.

Hudson, Henry

English navigator.

He discovered Cape Cod; then pursued his course to the Chesapeake, and returning along the coast entered the river now bearing his name.

Hudson, James Fairchild

journalist, author, was born in 1846, in Ohio.

He was a journalist of Pittsburg for many years; and the author of The Railways and the Republic.

Hudson, Robert Weir

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 31, 1856, in Mississippi. In 1870 he moved to Texas; studied law; and was county attorney in 1876-77. In 1890 he became a member of the democratic state executive committee of Texas; and in 1891-92 was district judge of the thirty-sixth judicial district of Texas. He has been the vice-grand dictator of the grand lodge of Texas, Knights of Honor; and is prominent in various fraternal orders.

Hudson, Silas A

diplomat, was a citizen of Iowa. In 1869 he was appointed minister resident to Guatemala, where he remained until 1872.

Hudson, Thomson Jay

author, was born in 1834, in Ohio. He is the author of The Law of Psychic Phenomena; and A Scientific Demonstration of the Future Life.

Huebsch, Adolph

scholar, rabbi, author, was born Sept. 18, 1830, in Hungary. In 1866 he was called to New York synagogue, where he preached until his death. He published Gems from the Orient, a selection of Talmudic and oriental proverbs, and a volume of his sermons and addresses was issued in 1885. He died Oct. 10, 1884, in New York city.