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.
- Occupation
- businessperson, merchant
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 17, 1846
- Died
- July 5, 1912
