Hudson, John

Epithet: Bodley's Librarian, Oxford

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Epithet: Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Vicar of Kendal 1815-1843

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Epithet: victualler, of Milton, county Kent

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Epithet: of London, tiler and bricklayer

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John Hudson (1902-1989) was an American editorial cartoonist.

Born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1902, John I. Hudson grew up with artistic parents and his father was a civil engineer who was interested in politics. Hudson knew he wanted to pursue cartooning while in high school and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.

One of Hudson’s first jobs was with the Columbus Citizen and he went on to work for several other Ohio newspapers including the Cleveland News and the Toledo Blade . But in 1960, Hudson moved to Phoenix, Arizona and became the editorial cartoonist for the Phoenix Gazette . Hudson remained there until his retirement in 1969 and was replaced by Bert Whitman. While at the Phoenix Gazette his cartoons were syndicated nationally.

His work was recognized with several awards including a 1942 Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Treasury Department and six awards from the Cleveland Newspaper Guild (1949, 1951, 1953, 1955-1957). In 1960, he won the "Best Editorial Cartoon Award” from the Arizona Press Club of which he was a member and he was also presented with three George Washington awards from the Freedoms Foundation. Hudson held membership in the National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

John Hudson died in Escondido, California on April 7, 1989.

From the guide to the John Hudson Cartoons., 1957-1969, 1962-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)