Frederick William Hodson, 1905
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Frederick William Hodson, 1856-1941.
- Notes
- Son of William Hodgson and Rebecca Spencer, Frederick William Hodson was born at Whitby Township, north-east of Brooklin, in October 1856. From 1880 to 1882 and 1887 to 1894, he was editor of The Farmers' Advocate, published at London, Ontario. From 1894 to 1899 he was Director of the Farmers' Institutes. He founded the Sheep and Swine Breeders' Associations of Canada and served as Secretary. Mr. Hodson was Dominion Livestock Commissioner at Ottawa from 1899 to 1906. He was responsible for founding the Guelph Winter Fair and the Canadian National Livestock Association. He set up the rules for standardization and registration of livestock. After 1906 he was manager of the Land Department for the Union Trust Company and Independent Order of Foresters, directing a campaign to sell and settle more than 850,000 acres of land in Western Canada. Mr. Hodson dropped the letter "g" from his name as a young man. He died at Brooklin on October 17, 1941, and is buried at the Dryden Baptist Cemetery, Whitby.
- Date of Original
- December 23, 1905
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-503
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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