Oswald Freeman Hudson died on 8th October, 1953, at the age of 75.
He received his training at the Royal College of Science from 1897 and the Royal from 1900 to 1901, gaining the A.R.C.S. in chemistry, and during 1902 postgraduate research work at the Royal Mint. In September of that year he was appointed to the teaching staff of Birmingham University as lecturer in metallurgy, instructor in assaying and special lecturer in metallography. From July, 1916, to November, 1918, he held the position of assistant investigator for the Corrosion Research Committee of the Institute of Metals, and for the following six years worked as metallurgist at the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, West Drayton, Middlesex.
In August, 1924, Dr. Hudson was appointed superintendent of research by the British Non-ferrous Metals Research Association in Birmingham, transferring to London when the Association moved its headquarters in 1930. He remained with the Association until his retirement in 1944, for the last few years in the capacity of consultant. During the war years he was temporary part-time lecturer in metallography at Cambridge University from 1940 to 1943, and at the Royal School of Mines from 1942 to 1945.
Dr. Hudson was elected to Membership of the Institution in 1925, and was also a Member of the Institute of Metals, the Iron and Steel Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry.
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