Hutchinson (ANNE an American religious)
ANNE, an American religious enthusiast; born in Lincolnshire, England, about 1590. Daughter a Lincolnshire clergyman named Marof bury; she married a Mr. Hutchinson, and in 1634 they emigrated to Boston, Mass. She held various theological heresies; among others, that the person of the Hole Ghost delingin justified, perd sons. She held meetings, lectured, and denounced the Massachusetts clergy. Her followers were charged with ANTI- MONIANISM (q. v.). Being tried for heresy and sedition, she was banished from the colony. She and her friends removed to Rhode Island, where they acquired territory from the Narragansett Indians. After the death of her husband (who shared her opinions) she removed to a new settlement in New York State, where, in 1643, she and her whole family of 15 persons were taken prisoners by the Indians, and all but one daughter barbarously murdered.
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Hutchinson (City and countyseat of Reno co)
a city and countyseat of Reno co., Kan., on the Arkansas river, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Hutchinson and Southern, and the Missouri Pacific railroads; 40 miles N. W. of Wichita. The city has one of the largest salt interests in the world. It is also an important meat packing and shipping center; and has manufactures of lumber, machinery, boilers, etc. There are a public library, high school, State reformatory, electric lights, daily and weekly newspapers, and a National bank. Pop. (1910) 16,364; (1920) 23,298.
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Hutchinson (JOHN an English revolutionist)
JOHN, an English revolutionist; born in Nottingham, England, in September, 1615. He was the son of Sir Thomas Hutchinson, and studied at Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn. He sided with the Parliament against the king. Becoming governor of Nottingham, he successfully held the town against enemies without and within. In 1646 he entered Parliament, and later sat as one of the commissions in the High Court of Justice for the king's trial, and signed the warrant for his execution. He sat in the first council of state, but became alarmed at the ambitious schemes of Cromwell, and ceased to take an active part in politics. At the Restoration, he was included in the Act of Amnesty, but later was imprisoned in the Tower and at Sandown Castle in Kent on suspicion of treasonable conspiracy, and died Sept. 11, 1664. The "Memoirs," written by his widow for her children, was first published in 1806.
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Hutchinson (THOMAS an American colonial)
THOMAS, an American colonial governor; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 9, 1711; was graduated at Harvard College in 1727, and early attained prominence in the colonial affairs of Massachusetts. In 1770 he was appointed governor, and became unpopular during the conflict with Great Britain over the right to tax the colonies. In 1774 he was superseded by General Gage. He died in Brompton, England, June 3, 1780.
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Hutchinson (WOODS an American physician)
WOODS, an American physician and writer; born in Selby, England, in 1862. He graduated from Penn College in 1880 and studied medicine at the University of Michigan. He was professor of anatomy at the State University of Iowa from 1891 to 1896, and professor of comparative pathology at the University of Buffalo from 1896 to 1900. He served as lecturer and professor of several New York hospitals and was also lecturer at the London Medical Graduates' College. College. His published articles on medical subjects were widely read. They include "The Gospel According to Darwin" (1898); "Conquest of Consumption" (1910); "Exercise and Health" (1911); "Handbook of Health" (1911); "Civilization and Health" (1914); "Community Hygiene" (1915).
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Hutten
BETTINA VON, an American novelist. She was born at Erie, Pa., in 1874, daughter of John Riddle, and in 1897 married Freiherr von Hutten in Florence, becoming divorced by mutual consent in 1909. She traveled a great deal and lived much at Steinbach. Her works included: "Marr'd in Making"; "Pam"; "What Became of Pam"; "Kingsmead"; "The Lordship of Love"; "Sharrow"; "Maria"; "Birds' Fountain"; "Magpie."
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Hutten (II)
ULRICH VON, a German controversial satirist; born in Steckelburg, near Fulda, Prussia, April 21, 1488. Of a noble family and destined for the Church, he preferred a life of roving adventure. He rose to fame by brilliant contributions to the current religious and political controversies. His works include: "The Art of Prosody"; "Nemo"; and "Dialogues." His most noteworthy production, however, howe is the "Letters of Obscure Men," mercilessly ridiculing the ignorance of the lower clergy. He died in the island of Ufnau, Lake Zurich, 1523.
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Hutton
RICHARD HOLT, an Engeditor, critic lish , and author; born in 1826. He was editor of the London repute, and the author of "Studies in "Spectator, literary critic of great Parliament: a Series of Sketches of Leading Politicians" (1866); "Essays, Theological and Literary" (2 vols., 1871); "Sir Walter Scott" (1878) in "English Men of Letters" series; "Essays on Some Modern Guides of English Thought in Matters of Faith" (1887). He died in 1897.
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Hutton (CHARLES an English)
CHARLES, an English mathematician; born in Newcastle-upon- Tyne, England, Aug. 14, 1737. He was the son of a superintendent of mines, and in 1755-1773 was a school teacher at Jesmond and Newcastle. In 1773 he was appointed to the professorship of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and in 1774 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was selected to perform the necessary calculations for determining the density of the earth, and his report was published in the "Philosophical Transactions" for 1778. He resigned the professorship in 1807. He wrote: "Tables of Products "Mathematical Tables" (1785); "Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary" (1795); "Course of Mathematics" (1798– 1801); "Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy" (1803); etc. Besides these, he contributed mathematical papers to the "Philosophical Transactions." He died Jan. 27, 1823.
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Hutton (LAURENCE an American editor)
LAURENCE, an American editor; born in New York, Aug. 8, 1843. Devoting his earlier years to mercantile pursuits, he at length became dramatic critic of the New York "Evening Mail"; literary editor of "Harper's Magazine" (1886-1898). He wrote "Plays and Players"; "Edwin Booth"; "Literary Landmarks"; etc. He made a remarkable collection of death masks of noted people, which he presented to Princeton presented University. He died June 10, 1904. Canadian
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Hutton (MAURICE a educator He was born)
MAURICE, a educator. He was born at Manchester, England, in 1856, and was educated at Oxford. He became lecturer on classics at Firth College, Sheffield, and in University College, Toronto, in 1880, professor of Greek in 1887, principal in 1901, and acting president in 1906-1907. From 1910 to 1919 he was vice-president of the Royal Society of Canada. His works include: "Hellenism"; and editions of Greek classics.
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