Franklin Hudson
Franklin Hudson (1864–1918) was a 19th/20th century American-born photographer and osteopath and medical author, living in Scotland.
Life[]
He was born in Andalusia, Alabama on 20 September 1864.[1] His first job was as a boat pilot for Aaron Richey (founder of Port Richey, Florida).[2]
In 1891 he moved to Paris, Texas, then working as a photographer. Here he trained as an osteopath and became one of the original members of the American Osteopathic Association in 1897.[3]
He emigrated to Scotland in 1903. He lived at 12 Lansdowne Crescent in western Edinburgh, a large terraced Victorian townhouse.[4]
He died of the Spanish flu on 16 November 1918.[5] He is buried near his home, in Dean Cemetery. The simple grave describes as a pioneer of osteopathy. It lies in the south-east section of the first northern extension.
Family[]
In 1893 he was married to the then 16 year old Lucy Rivers Sullivan (b.1876), daughter of Knott Sullivan. She outlived him.
Publications[]
- Osteopathic Medicine (1906)
References[]
- 1864 births
- 1918 deaths
- People from Andalusia, Alabama
- American osteopaths
- Burials at the Dean Cemetery
- Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Scotland
- Artists from Alabama
- American medical biography stubs