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A Kenneth Hudson (4 July 1916 – 28 December 1999) was a journalist, museologist, broadcaster and book author.
Early career
He was born in
Harlesden
Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent, North West London.
Located north of the Grand Union Canal and Wormwood Scrubs, the Harrow Road flows through the centre of the area which goes eastwards to Central London and west toward ...
and educated at the Lower School of John Lyon (now
The John Lyon School
("May the fortune of the house stand")
, established = 1876
, closed =
, type = Public School Independent Day School
, religion =
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) in
Harrow and at
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
. In the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
he registered as a
conscientious objector, serving in the
Friends' Ambulance Unit
The Friends' Ambulance Unit (FAU) was a volunteer ambulance service, founded by individual members of the British Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), in line with their Peace Testimony. The FAU operated from 1914–1919, 1939–1946 and 19 ...
. After the Second World War he worked in Germany in the ''
Entnazifizierung'' campaign.
He became a lecturer in
adult education at the
University of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
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in 1947, moving to the
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in Bristol in 1954 as a radio talks producer and industrial correspondent. In 1966 he joined the staff of Bristol College of Science and Technology, which later became the University of Bath, to set up an educational television service.
Later career
As a journalist and museologist, he was a controversial character of the European museum scene, a broadcaster and the author of numerous books. In 1963 he wrote one of the first books on the subject, ''Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction'', and in 1965 his ''Industrial Archaeology of Southern England''. He was the first editor of the ''Journal of Industrial Archaeology'' in which, with others, he produced an annual review of the rapidly growing literature. In 1972 he published his book on ''Building Materials'' in the Longmans IA series, and in 1979 he co-wrote, with
Julian Pettifer
Julian Pettifer OBE (born 21 July 1935) is an English television journalist.
He was president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and is vice president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB. He was voted BAFTA 'Repor ...
, ''Diamonds in the Sky'', the result of historical research on the social history of air travel for the BBC television series of the same name.
The latter part of his career was largely devoted to work on the public level of museums, producing gazetteers such as the classic ''Cambridge Guide to Museums of Britain and Ireland'' (1987) on which he collaborated with Ann Nicholls.
Together with John Letts he founded the
European Museum of the Year Award
The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) is presented each year by the European Museum Forum (European Museum Forum, EMF) under the auspices of the Council of Europe. The EMYA is considered the most important annual award in the European mu ...
in 1977, later to become the
European Museum Forum
The European Museum Forum is a museum organization under the Council of Europe. It is an independent, non-profit-making charity, registered in the United Kingdom and founded in 1977.
The European Museum Forum organizes the annual European Museum ...
, aimed at stimulating the international interchange of ideas and creating networks of inspiration.
The Hudson Gallery, Museum of Bath at Work (UK)
The Hudson Gallery at the
Museum of Bath at Work was opened on 4 July 2007. Part of the exhibition is the result of contact with ten historical societies which each submitted four images and 100 words of text they felt best described their area. Other exhibits include the cabinet-making industry in the city and local inventors. Kenneth Hudson was one of the original trustees of the museum.
Books
*''English Letter Writers'' Exeter: Wheaton and Co. (1951)
*''Shakespeare and the Classroom'' with a foreword by Bernard Miles. Heinemann (1954)
*''Industrial Archaeology: an Introduction'' John Baker (revised and reprinted 1966)
*''The Industrial Archaeology of Southern England'' Newton Abbot: David & Charles (revised and reprinted 1968)
*''An Awkward Size for a Town: Study of Swindon at the 100,000 Mark'' Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1967) hardcover, 212 pages ,
*''A Handbook for Industrial Archaeologists'' John Baker (1967)
*''Towards Precision Shoemaking'' Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1968)
*''Men and Women: Feminism and Anti-Feminism Today'' Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1968) hardcover, 212 pages
*''The History of English China Clays – Fifty Years of Pioneering and Growth'' Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1969) hardcover, 192 pages ,
*''Industrial Archaeologist’s Guide 1969–70'' (with
Neil Cossons
Sir Neil Cossons FMA (born 15 January 1939) is a British historian and museum administrator.
Biography
Cossons was born in Beeston and studied at the University of Liverpool.
He was the first director of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust fr ...
) Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1969), new edition 1971
*''Working to Rule'' Bath: Adams and Dart (1970)
*''The Place of Women in Society'' Ginn (1971)
*''The Fashionable Stone'' Bath: Adams and Dart (1971)
*''A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Europe'' Bath: Adams and Dart (1971)
*''Towards a Welfare State'' Ginn (1971)
*''Building Materials'' Longman (1972)
*''Air Travel: a Social History'' Bath: Adams and Dart (1972)
*''Patriotism with Profit: British Agricultural Societies in the 18th and 19th centuries'' Hugh Evelyn (1972)
*''The Directory of Museums'' (with Ann Nicholls) 1st edition, Macmillan (1975)
*''’Exploring our Industrial Past'' Hodder and Stoughton (1975)
*''A Social History of Museums'' Macmillan (1975)
*''The Industrial History of Europe'' Japanese edition, Tokyo (1975)
*''The Bath and West''Bath: Adams and Dart (1976)
*''The Archaeology of Industry'', drawings by Pippa Brand, The Bodley Head (1976)
*''A Pocket Book for Industrial Archaeologists'' John Baker (1976)
*''The Businessman in Public'' Associated Business Programmes (1976)
*''The People and Pleasures of Bath'' Michael Joseph/The Folio Society (1977)
*''The Dictionary of Diseased English'' Macmillan (1977)
*''The End of Gin and Tonic Man: a Future for Public Relations'' Wilton House Publications (1977)
*''Museums for the 1980s: a Survey of World Trends'' Macmillan/UNESCO (1977)
*''Exploring Cathedrals'' Hodder and Stoughton (1978)
*''Food, Clothes and Shelter'' John Baker (1978)
*''The Jargon of the Professions'' Macmillan (1978)
*''The Language of Modern Politics'' Macmillan, reprinted Papermac (1978)
*''Street Furniture'' The Bodley Head (1979)
*''Tragedy on the High Seas: a History of Shipwrecks'' (with Ann Nicholls) New York: A and W Publishers (1979)
*''A History of Shipwrecks'' (with Ann Nicholls) Macmillan (1979)
*''World Industrial Archaeology'' Cambridge University Press (1979)
*''Archeologia dell’Industria'' Translated by Bruno Granada from ''The Archaeology of Industry'' Rome: Newton Compton (1979)
*''Diamonds in the Sky: a Social History of Air Travel'' (with
Julian Pettifer
Julian Pettifer OBE (born 21 July 1935) is an English television journalist.
He was president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and is vice president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB. He was voted BAFTA 'Repor ...
) The Bodley Head for the BBC (1979)
*''Where We Used to Work'' John Baker (1980)
*''The Good Museums Guide'' Macmillan (1980), revised and reprinted 1982
*''The Shell Guide to Country Museums'' Heinemann (1980)
*''Farm Furniture'' The Bodley Head (1982)
*''Waterside Furniture'' The Bodley Head (1982)
*''Behind the High Street'' The Bodley Head (1982)
*''Pawnbroking: an Aspect of British Social History'' The Bodley Head (1982)
*''Help the Aged: Twenty-One Years of Experiment and Achievement'' The Bodley Head (1982)
*''The Language of the Teenage Revolution'' Macmillan (1983)
*''The Dictionary of the Teenage Revolution and its Aftermath'' Macmillan (1983)
*''The Dictionary of Even More Diseased English'' Macmillan (1983)
*''Industrial History from the Air'' Cambridge University Press (1983)
*''Clues to Yesterday’s Transport'' The Bodley Head (1984)
*''Churchyards and Graveyards'' The Bodley Head Children's Books (1984) hardcover 48 pages ,
*''The Directory of Museums and Living Displays'' (with Ann Nicholls) 3rd Edition, Macmillan (1985)
*''Museums of Influence'' Cambridge University Press (1987)
*''The Cambridge Guide to the Museums of Britain and Ireland'' (with Ann Nicholls) Cambridge University Press (1987), revised paperback edition (1989)
*''The Cambridge Guide to the Historic Places of Britain and Ireland'' (with Ann Nicholls) Cambridge University Press (1989)
*''1992: Prayer or Promise? The opportunities for Britain’s museums and the people who work in them'' HMSO for the Museums and Galleries Commission (1990)
*''The Cambridge Guide to the Museums of Europe'' (with Ann Nicholls) Cambridge University Press (1991)
*''Museums: Treasures or Tools?'' Strasbourg: Council of Europe (1992)
*''New Museums in Europe 1977–93'' edited by Massimo Negri; text by Kenneth Hudson Milan: Mazzotta (1993)
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1916 births
1999 deaths
People from Harlesden
Alumni of University College London
British conscientious objectors
English archaeologists
Museum people
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at The John Lyon School
People associated with the Friends' Ambulance Unit
Museologists
20th-century English writers
20th-century Quakers