About Joseph Lowthian Hudson

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.

members

here now

Occupation

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by James J. Mitchell via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Joseph Lowthian Hudson

American businessman (1846-1912)

0members1here now

Ask Genius Site

Site Journal

Feed Discussions About

Sort by

Content type

Latest Joseph Lowthian Hudson news and discussion

Sort by

Content type

Nothing published yet

The conversation starts anyway — post the first discussion above.