George Hudson (entomologist) George Hudson (entomologist) George Vernon Hudson (20 April 1867 – 5 April 1946) was a British-born New Zealand entomologist and astronomer. He won the Hector Memorial Medal. Born in London, England, on Easter Saturday, 1867 Hudson was the sixth child of Emily Jane Carnal and Charles Hudson, an artist and stained-glass window designer. By the age of 14 he had built up a collection of British insects, and had published a paper in "The Entomologist". In 1881 Hudson moved with his father to Nelson, New Zealand. He worked on a farm, and in 1883, aged 16, he began working at
USS Hudson (1826) Bahia on 5 August. She remained at New York as a receiving ship until 1844, when she was broken up and sold. USS Hudson (1826) The first USS "Hudson" was a wooden hulled, three-masted sailing frigate in the United States Navy. "Hudson", formerly "Liberator", was built in 1826 for the Greek government by Smith & Dimon of New York. When Greece was unable to pay for her, she was purchased by the Navy and commissioned at New York. In 1828, "Hudson" began fitting out for what was to be her only cruise, and during this period was inspected by President