Author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born on a small ranch, Los Viente-cinco Ombúes, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province. Came to Britain in 1874 and produced a series of ornithological studies. Founding and influential member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. As a novelist, his best known work is the 1904 'Green Mansions'. Died at his home, 40 St Luke's Road, where the two plaques are.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Henry Hudson
The sculpture represents Rima, the nature-spirit heroine of Hudson's book "Gr...
W H Hudson, writer & naturalist, 1841 - 1922. In commemoration of the 150...
The plaque was erected by Hudson's Friends Society of Quilmes in 1938 and ado...
William Henry Hudson, 1841 - 1922, naturalist and ornithologist, early and in...
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