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
George Garrard (MP) George Garrard (MP) George Garrett or Garrard (1579 – after 1650) was an English Member of Parliament. He was a younger son of Sir William Garrard of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Rowe, Lord Mayor of London 1568-69. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford from 1594, graduating BA in 1597 and MA in 1603. He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber extraordinary to Prince Henry in 1610-12. He was in the employ of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury from 1614 to 1672. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in