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Joseph Lowthian Hudson

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Gender Male
Death111 years ago
Date of birth October 17,1846
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Date of died July 5,1912
DiedWorthing
United Kingdom
Place of burialWoodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Family Eleanor Lowthian Clay
FoundedHudson's
Hudson Motor Car Company
Parents Richard Hudson
FamiliEleanor Lowthian Clay
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Joseph Lowthian Hudson Life story


Joseph Lowthian Hudson, a.k.a. J. L. Hudson, was the merchant who founded the Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson also supplied the seed capital for the establishment, in 1909, of Roy D. Chapin's automotive venture, which Chapin named the Hudson Motor Car Company in honor of J.L. Hudson.

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