Person:Arnold Hodson (1)

Source Citation: Who Was Who among English and European Authors, 1931-1949. Based on entries which first appeared in The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide, originally compiled by Edward Martell and L.G. Pine, and in Who's Who among Living Authors of Older Nations, originally compiled by Alberta Lawrence. Three volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1978. (WhE&EA) Who's Who among Living Authors of Older Nations. Covering the literary activities of living authors and writers of all countries of the world except the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Newfoundland, the Philippine Islands, the West Indies, and Central America. Volume 1, 1931-1932. Edited by A. Lawrence. Los Angeles: Golden Syndicate Publishing Co., 1931. (WhoLA)

Name: Hodson, Arthur Wienholt, Sir Birth - Death: d 1944 - Source Citation:

Obituaries on File. Two volumes. Compiled by Felice Levy. New York: Facts on File, 1979. (Obit OF)

Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson was born in Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, in 1881. He was the eldest son of Algernon Hodson and Sarah Wienholt. Hodson was in Central Queensland 1900 to 1902 and was part of the Queensland Contingent for South Africa in 1902. He served in the Transvaal 1902-04. From 1904 until 1912 he was in the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police Force. He then went on to Somaliland 1912-14. He served as Consul in Southern Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) 1914-23 and then Consul in South West Abyssinia from 1923-1926. He was Governor of the Falkland Islands 1926-30, Sierra Leone 1930-1934 and finally the Gold Coast (now Ghana) 1934-1941. Hodson married Elizabeth Charlotte Sarah Hay, daughter of Major Malcolm Vivian Hay in 1928. He died on the 26th May 1944 ('Who was who' 1980, p.550). Sources: 'Who was who' (1980). 5th edition, volume 4 - 1941-1950. London: Adam and Charles Black.

Publications: Hodson, A.W. (1912), 'Trekking the Great thirst: travel and sport in the Kalahari Desert'. London: T.F. Unwin. Hodson, A.W. and Walker, Craven H. (1922), 'An elementary and practical grammar of the Galla or Oromo language'. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hodson, A.W. (1927), 'Seven years in Southern Abyssinia'. [London]: T.F. Unwin. Hodson, A.W. (1929), 'Where lion reign: an account of lion hunting and exploration in S.W. Abyssinia'. London: Skeffington and Son Ltd.

He was knighted in 1934.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Arnold Weinholt Hodson.

Sir Arnold Hodson

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