![]() Hudson’s paternal grandfather was English, from Clyst Hydon (Devon) and that seems to have at times encouraged him to refer to Devon’s capital, Exeter as his ‘natal city’ (Shrubsall, Birds of a Feather, 1981, 95) leaving aside that he only put first foot on England aged 33. ![]() He was the fourth child of Daniel Hudson (1804–1868), a farmer, and his wife, Caroline Augusta Kimble (1804–1859), both US citizens from New England who emigrated to South America in the 1830s. He died in Worthington, England, on 18 August 1922. Naturalist, wildlife activist and writer considered as the world’s first literary environmentalist, William Henry Hudson was born on 4 August 1841 on a small ranch, Los Veinte-cinco Ombúes, on the banks of a stream called the Arroyo Conchitas which flows into the River Plate six miles to the east, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province, then a sovereign state within the Argentine Confederation (present-day Argentina). 3, 29 September 1908 plaque placed at one of his London homes (11 Leinster Square, W2 4PL, London) ![]() Short showing him as Member of the Council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds published in the RSPB Bird Notes and News, Vol. An image of William Henry Hudson in 1867, author unknown William Henry Hudson by William Rothenstein © National Portrait Gallery, London (NP1965) Photograph by J. ![]()
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