Career
Hudson was an eminent dentist, at a time when dentistry was still very much a fledgling practice. Edward created a "Preservative and other Dentifrices" for the bettering of dental hygiene during his time as a Dentist. Edward Hudson lived and practiced in Grafton Street, Dublin, and latterly lived at The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin (known in Edward"s time as Fields of Odin, and subsequently as Street Enda"s).
This grand building on the outskirts of Dublin is now the home of the Pearse Museum, which celebrates the life of Patrick Pearse.
During his time at The Hermitage, Hudson built several ruins along the edge of the grounds, which remain to this day. The ruins were deliberately built as such from new, using rough stone to create the impression that they had existed for many years.
These include a small Watchtower (fortification), a hermit’s cave, a dolmen and a ruined abbey. Amongst other vocations, Hudson was a Director of the Grand Canal of Ireland, a scientific experimenter and philosophiser, and a publisher of several anonymous scientific and political treatises.
Edward"s son Henry Philerin Hudson subsequently succeeded Doctor Blake as State Dentist.
In addition to his residences in Dublin, Hudson also owned The Manor in Glenville, County Cork, which he purchased sometime between 1776 and 1788. lieutenant was Hudson"s wish that when buried, his grave in the small churchyard at Glenville would be covered by:
"a hollow cone or Pyramid for the purporse of performing therein my invented experiments on the Pendulum for elucidating the Phenomena and motions of Comets, Planets and Satellites. Also my new theory of the Pendulum and that of falling bodies & many other things "
Sadly, such a cone was never built, and the £500 left for this purpose must have gone to an alternative use.