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Hudson River school

(Encyclopedia) Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United…

Hudson's Bay Company

(Encyclopedia) Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward…

Burnham, Daniel Hudson

(Encyclopedia) Burnham, Daniel HudsonBurnham, Daniel Hudsonbûrˈnəm [key], 1846–1912, American architect and city planner b. Henderson, N.Y. He was trained in architects' offices in Chicago. In that…

Charles HUDSON, Congress, MA (1795-1881)

HUDSON, Charles, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marlboro, Middlesex County, Mass., November 14, 1795; attended the common schools and later an academy; taught school; served in…

Grant Martin HUDSON, Congress, MI (1868-1955)

HUDSON, Grant Martin, a Representative from Michigan; born in Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio, July 23, 1868; attended the common schools; was graduated from Kalamazoo (Mich.) College and…

Maurice Hudson THATCHER, Congress, KY (1870-1973)

THATCHER, Maurice Hudson, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 15, 1870; moved to Butler County, Ky., and settled near Morgantown in 1874; attended public…

Charles Hudson GRIFFIN, Congress, MS (1926-1989)

GRIFFIN, Charles Hudson, (great-great-grandson of Isaac Griffin), a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farm near Utica, Miss., May 9, 1926; educated at Utica High School, Hinds Junior…

Hudson, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hudson. 1 Industrial town (2020 pop. 20,092), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled…

Hudson, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hudson, river, c.315 mi (510 km) long, rising in Lake Tear of the Clouds, on Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y., and flowing generally S to Upper New York Bay at New York City;…