Life and Work
Hudson was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1881. Originally planning to become a minister, he enrolled in Princeton University, but soon his interests changed to science. He graduated from Princeton in 1901 with a bachelor's degree, and earned a Master of Science degree in 1902. He then went to Europe to study under Walther Nernst and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. On returning to the United States, Hudson worked as a physics instructor for a year at Princeton and later at the University of Illinois, earning a Ph.D. in 1907. He later held positions at the National Bureau of Standards and the National Institutes of Health (1928 – 1951), both in Washington, DC.
He was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1927.
Hudson is also remembered for the so-called Hudson's rules, concerning the optical rotation of sugars.
He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1942.
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