Background
Hudson, Claude Silbert was born on January 26, 1881 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of William James and Maude Celestia (Wilson) Hudson.
Hudson, Claude Silbert was born on January 26, 1881 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of William James and Maude Celestia (Wilson) Hudson.
He graduated from Princeton in 1901 with a bachelor"s degree, and earned a Master of Science degree in 1902. On returning to the United States, Hudson worked as a physics instructor for a year at Princeton University and later at the University of Illinois, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in 1907.
He is also the namesake of the in Carbohydrate Chemistry given by the American Chemical Society. Originally planning to become a minister, he enrolled in Princeton University, but soon his interests changed to science. He then went to Europe to study under Walther Nernst and Jacobus Henricus van "t Hoff.
He later held positions at the National Bureau of Standards and the National Institutes of Health (1928 – 1951), both in Washington, District of Columbia. He was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1927.
Hudson is also remembered for the so-called Hudson"s rules, concerning the optical rotation of sugars. Hudson, C. South. (1903).
"Uber die Multirotation des Milchzuckers (On the Mutarotation of Milk Sugar)". Z. Physical Chemistry 44: 487–494.
Hudson, C. South. (1904).
"Die gegenseitige Loslichkeit von Nikotin in Wasser (The Reversible Solubility of Nicotine in Water)".
Z. Physical Chemistry 47: 113–115.
Hudson, C. South. (1904). "The Hydration of Milk Sugar in Solution".
Z. Physical Chemistry 50: 273–290.
Hudson, C. South. (1904).
"The Hydration of Milk Sugar in Solution". J. American Chemistry Society 26 (9): 1065–1082. doi:10.1021/ja01999a002. Hudson, C. South. (1905).
"Application of the Hypothesis of Dissolved Ice to the Freezing of Water and of Dilute Solutions".
Physical Review 21: 16–26. doi:10.1103/physrevseriesi.21.16. Hudson, C. South. (1906).
"The Freezing of Pure Liquids and Solutions under Various Kinds of Positive and Negative Pressure and the Similarity between Osmotic and Negative Pressure". Physical Review 22: 257–264. doi:10.1103/physrevseriesi.22.257.
"Hydration in Solution".
Physical Review 23: 370–381. 1906. doi:10.1103/physrevseriesi.23.370. Hudson, C. South. (1907).
"The Catalysis by Acids and Bases of the Mutarotation of Glucose".
J. American Chemistry Society 29 (11): 1571–1576. doi:10.1021/ja01965a004. The in Carbohydrate Chemistry has been given since 1946 by the American Chemical Society.
Awardees are listed below.
Member American Committee on Organic Chemical Nomenclature, 1912. Member American Chemical Society (Nichols medal, 1916.