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Henry Hudson

English explorer b1565
Person human Q179167

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1565, 1567[8]
Date of death
June 22, 1611, June 23, 1611[9]
Place of birth
Kingdom of England, London[7]
Place of death
James Bay
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[10]
Occupation
explorer, seafarer
Field of work
navigation[11]
Award received
Person of National Historic Significance[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[28]
Allegiance
Kingdom of England, Dutch Republic[16][17]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
End of work period
1611[31]
Family name
Hudson[14]
Given name
Henry[15]
Name in native language
Henry Hudson[29]
P14536
380488
Start of work period
1607[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hendrik Hudson en Henry Hudson ar هنري هدسون el Χένρυ Χάντσον es Hendrick Hudson fa هنری هودسون he הנרי האדסון he הנרי הדסון hi हेनरी हडसन ja ヘンリー・ハドソン ko 헨리 허드슨 ru Гудзон Генри ru Henry Hudson ru Генри Гудзон ru Генри Хадсон ru Хадсон Г. ru Хадсон Генри ru Хадсон, Генри sv Hudson th เฮนรี ฮัดสัน
🔖 Identifiers · 75
ISNI
0000000108147902
VIAF cluster ID
61595078
Library of Congress authority ID
n80016971
GND ID
12118255X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Henry+Hudson-posterimage.png ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
316253
Alvin ID
alvin-person:22286
American National Biography ID
2000489
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151060126
BAnQ authority ID
0000118517
BIBSYS ID
90889605
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
HudsonHenry-1611
Show all 75 identifiers +63
BabelNet ID
00043711n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12211109m
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
72541936
British Museum person or institution ID
163048
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00183508
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10622919
DBNL author ID
huds003
DDB person (GND) ID
12118255X
De Agostini ID
Hudson,+Henry
Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID
hudson_henry_1
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Henry-Hudson
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
henry-hudson
FAST ID
1824919
FactGrid item ID
Deckungsgradkontrolle
Fandom article ID
cs.historika:Henry_Hudson
Find a Grave memorial ID
6621707
Freebase ID
/m/0c065
GTAA ID
112848
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
henry-hudson
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0033130
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Henry_Hudson
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1934861
Harper's tag
henry-hudson
IdRef ID
067041906
Interlingual Index ID
i95610
Krugosvet article (archived)
istoriya/GUDZON_GENRI.html
LBT person ID
HeHudso1611
Lex ID
Henry_Hudson
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
02906/eu_h_2946/h2946
NE.se ID
henry-hudson
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2009510513
NLP ID
a0000003378921
National Historic People ID
1386
National Library of Greece ID
222135
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001091764
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000426493
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279697605171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810580594205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1406841
National Library of Wales Authority ID
hudson-h-swansea
National Virtual Library of India ID
615020, 746961
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075164574
Notable Names Database ID
383/000103074
Obálky knih ID
mzk2009510513
Open Library subject ID
person:henry_hudson_(d._1611)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
14030
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095948766
Parsifal cluster ID
893211
Quora topic ID
Henry-Hudson-10
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
53664
SNAC ARK ID
w6dz0c16
SNARC ID
Saccocoma
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10006322
Topic's main category
Category:Henry Hudson
Treccani ID
henry-hudson
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
henry-hudson
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
henry-hudson
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
henry-hudson
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ccr54yh6
WikiTree person ID
Hudson-775
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11084101-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtH7fcyV7ftB8V9wmRFrq
Yale LUX ID
person/e8a4b030-e100-4286-b141-6a1a238662a4

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 6
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Named after 5
Hudson Bay, Hudson River, Hudson Strait, Hudson County, Henry Hudson Bridge
Allegiance 2
Kingdom of England, Dutch Republic
Place of birth 2
London, Kingdom of England
← Discoverer or inventor 2
Delaware River, Delaware Bay
Award received 1
Person of National Historic Significance
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
Family name 1
Hudson
Field of work 1
navigation
Given name 1
Henry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
explorer
Place of death 1
James Bay
SNARC ID 1
Saccocoma
Sex or gender 1
male
← Crew members 1
Halve Maen
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Henry Hudson was born in 1565 in the Kingdom of England [1]. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of England . His occupation was that of an explorer and seafarer [2].

Hudson worked in the field of navigation . He died on June 22, 1611, in James Bay [3]. He was awarded the title of Person of National Historic Significance [4].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Henry Hudson include Hudson River[32], a river[33], in United States[34]; Hudson Bay[35], an inland sea[36], in Canada[37]; Hudson County[38], a county of New Jersey[39], in United States[40], founded in 1840[41]; Hudson Strait[42], a strait[43], in Canada[44]; and Henry Hudson Bridge[45], a deck arch bridge[46], in United States[47], founded in 1938[48].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of Delaware River[49], a river[50], in United States[51] and Delaware Bay[52], a bay[53], in United States[54]. Entities named for him include Hudson River[32], a river[33], in United States[34]; Hudson Bay[35], an inland sea[36], in Canada[37]; Hudson County[38], a county of New Jersey[39], in United States[40], founded in 1840[41]; Hudson Strait[42], a strait[43], in Canada[44]; and Henry Hudson Bridge[45], a deck arch bridge[46], in United States[47], founded in 1938[48].

FAQs

Where was Henry Hudson born?

Henry Hudson's place of birth was Kingdom of England[2].

Where did Henry Hudson die?

Henry Hudson died in James Bay[4].

What did Henry Hudson do for work?

Henry Hudson worked as an explorer[5] and seafarer[6].

What awards did Henry Hudson receive?

Honors received include Person of National Historic Significance[12].

What did Henry Hudson discover?

Henry Hudson is credited as discoverer of Delaware River[49] and Delaware Bay[52].

Related Entities

Delaware River Dutch Republic Hudson River Kingdom of England London navigation

References

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  9. [12] ↑ . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  28. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 10w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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