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Hudson, Henry Norman

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 28, 1814, in Cornwall, Vt. He served as chaplain in the federal army during the civil war, and in his later years was professor of Shakespeare study in Boston university. He was the author of Lectures on Shakespeare; Sermons; Studies in Wordsworth; A Chaplain's Campaign with General Butler; Shakespeare: His Life and Characters; and Essays on Education.

He edited the Harvard and the university editions of Shakespeare. He died Jan. 16, 1886, in Cambridge, Mass.

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