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William Henry Hudson

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born

August 04, 1841 in Quilmes Partido, Argentina

died

August 18, 1922

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature

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William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he is considered to belong to the national literature as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, the Spanish version of his name. He spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier, publishing his ornithological work in Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society, initially in an English mingled with Spanish idioms. He settled in England during 1869. He produced a series of ornithological studies, including Argentine Ornithology (1888-1899) and British Birds (1895), and later achieved fame with his books on the English countryside,...more

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Books by William Henry Hudson

Average rating: 3.72 · 858 ratings · 119 reviews · 83 distinct works

	Green Mansions 3.74 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 1904 — 90 editions	My rating:
	The Purple Land 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1885 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Far Away and Long Ago 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1918 — 40 editions	My rating:
	Idle Days in Patagonia 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1893 — 14 editions	My rating:
	A Crystal Age 3.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1906 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Story of the Renaissance 2.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Famous Missions of California 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	El OMB by William Henry Hudson, General Books 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1911 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Afoot in England 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1909 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Tales of the Pampas 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1916 — 16 editions	My rating:

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“There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many White Harts, Red Lions, Silent Women and other incredible things...”
― William Henry Hudson

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