Hudson, William Henry

Hudson, William Henry,

1841–1922, English author and naturalist, b. Quilmes, Argentina, of American parents. He spent his childhood on the pampas but developed a heart condition and finally emigrated to England in 1874. Hudson was a sensitive observer of nature, particularly of birds. In his books he describes plants and animals in a highly personal manner with great force and beauty. His best-known work, Green Mansions (1904), is a romance set in a South American jungle. Among his other works are The Purple Land (1885), The Naturalist in La Plata (1892), A Shepherd's Life (1910), the memoir Far Away and Long Ago (1918), and A Hind in Richmond Park (1922).

Bibliography

See A. D. Ronner, W. H. Hudson: The Man, the Novelist, the Naturalist (1986); bibliography by G. F. Wilson (1922, repr. 1968).

单词	hudson, william henry
释义	DictionarySeeHudson Hudson, William Henry Hudson, William Henry, 1841–1922, English author and naturalist, b. Quilmes, Argentina, of American parents. He spent his childhood on the pampas but developed a heart condition and finally emigrated to England in 1874. Hudson was a sensitive observer of nature, particularly of birds. In his books he describes plants and animals in a highly personal manner with great force and beauty. His best-known work, Green Mansions (1904), is a romance set in a South American jungle. Among his other works are The Purple Land (1885), The Naturalist in La Plata (1892), A Shepherd's Life (1910), the memoir Far Away and Long Ago (1918), and A Hind in Richmond Park (1922). Bibliography See A. D. Ronner, W. H. Hudson: The Man, the Novelist, the Naturalist (1986); bibliography by G. F. Wilson (1922, repr. 1968). See Hudson See Hudson
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