Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

“ HUDSON, CHARLES THOMAS (1828–1903) , naturalist, third of five sons of John Corrie Hudson, chief clerk of the legacy duty office (1795-1879) , and Emily (1794-1868) , daughter of James Hebard, of Ewell, Surrey, was born at Brompton, London, on 11 March 1828. The father in youth was an advanced radical and friend of William Godwin [q. v.] ”

“ Lord Avebury (Pleasures of Life, oh. 9) quotes the charming introduotion of this work as showing that the true naturalist was no mere dry collector.
Hudson's natural gift for drawing found expression in the beautiful illustrations of 'The Rotifera.' He was also musioal, and as a young man wrote and composed songs.
Hudson died at Shanklin on 23 Oct. 1903, and was buried there. He married (1) on 19 June 1855 Mary Ann, daughter of Wilham Bullock Tibbits of Long Ashton, near Bristol, by whom he had one daughter, Florence ”

“ Afterwards he lived at 6 Royal York Crescent, Clifton, whence he moved in 1891 to Dawhsh, Devon, and in 1899 to Shanklin, Isle of Wight. During his later years he often gave lectures, chiefly at public schools, on natural history, which he illustrated with ingenious coloured transparencies of his own construction. ”