Claude Silbert Hudson (January 26, 1881 – December 27, 1952) was an American chemist who is best known for his work in the area of carbohydrate chemistry. He is also the namesake of the Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry given by the

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Life and work

Hudson was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1881. Originally planning to become a minister, he enrolled in

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, but soon his interests changed to science. He graduated from Princeton in 1901 with a bachelor's degree, and earned a Master of Science degree in 1902. He then went to Europe to study under

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and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. On returning to the

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, Hudson worked as a physics instructor for a year at

and later at the

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, earning a Ph.D. in 1907. He later held positions at the

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and the

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(1928 – 1951), both in

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. He was elected to the

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in 1927. Hudson is also remembered for the so-called Hudson's rules, concerning the

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of sugars. He was awarded the

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in 1942 and the

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in 1929.

Selected early writings

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Claude S. Hudson Award

The Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry has been given since 1946 by the

. Awardees are listed below. * 2009 Peter H. Seeberger * 2007

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* 2005 David R. Bundle * 2003 Robert J. Linhardt * 2001

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* 1999

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* 1997 Samuel J. Danishefsky * 1995 Tomoya Ogawa * 1994 Hans Vliegenthart * 1993 Irwin J. Goldstein * 1992 Akira Kobata * 1991 Per J. Garegg * 1990 Bertram O. Fraser-Reid * 1989 Walter A. Szarek * 1988 Leslie Hough * 1987 Stephen J. Angyal * 1986 Gerald O. Aspinall * 1985 Hans Paulsen * 1984 Laurens Anderson * 1983 Bengt Lindberg * 1982

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* 1981 Clinton E. Ballou * 1980 George A. Jeffrey * 1979 Arthur S. Perlin * 1978

Michael Heidelberger Michael Heidelberger (April 29, 1888 – June 25, 1991) was an American immunologist, often regarded as the father of modern immunology. He and Oswald Avery showed that the polysaccharides of pneumococcus are antigens, enabling him to show tha ...

* 1977 Jack J. Fox * 1976 Sidney M. Cantor * 1975 Hans H. Baer * 1974 Wendell W. Binkley * 1973 Roger W. Jeanloz * 1972 Derek Horton * 1971 Robert S. Tipson * 1970 Norman F. Kennedy * 1969 John K. Netherton Jones * 1968 Hewitt G. Fletcher Jr. * 1967 W. Z. Hassid * 1966 Raymond U. Lemieux * 1965 C. G. Caldwell * 1964 Dexter French * 1963 Nelson K. Richtmyer * 1962 Fred Smith * 1961 John C. Sowden * 1960 Roy L. Whistler * 1959 W. Ward Pigman * 1958 Hermann O. L. Fischer * 1957 Julian K. Dale * 1956 James M. D. Brown * 1955 Kenneth R. Brown * 1954 Horace S. Isbell * 1953 George P. Meade * 1952 Melville L. Wolfrom * 1951 William D. Horne * 1950 William B. Newkirk * 1949 Frederick W. Zerban * 1947 Frederick J. Bates * 1946 Claude S. Hudson

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Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry

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Life and work

Selected early writings

Claude S. Hudson Award

Further reading

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