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LEFT HUTCHINSON 90 HUTTON lights, daily and weekly newspapers, and a National bank. Pop. (1910) 16,364; (1920) 23,298. HUTCHINSON, ANNE, an American religious enthusiast; born in Lincoln- shire, England, about 1590. Daughter of a Lincolnshire clergyman named Mar- bury; she married a Mr. Hutchinson, and in 1634 they emigrated to Boston, Mass. She held various theological here- sies; among others, that the person of the Holy Ghost dwells in justified per- 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 Narragan- sett 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 barbaroubly murdered. HUTCHINSON, JOHN, an English revolutionist; born in Nottingham, Eng- land, 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 Notting- ham, 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 ambi- tious 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 con- spiracy, and died Sept. 11, 1664. The "Ivlemoirs," written by his widow for her children, was first published in 1806. HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, an Ameri- can colonial go-ernor; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 9, 1711; was graduated at Harvard College in 1727, and early at- tained prominence in the colonial affairs of Massachusetts. In 1770 he was ap- pointed 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 In 1774 he was superseded by General Gage.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. HUTCHINSON, WOODS, an Ameri- can physician and writer; born in Selby, England, in 1862. He graduated from Penn College in 1880 and studied medi- cine 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 pro- fessor of several New York hospitals and was also lecturer at the London Medical Graduates' College. His pub- lished articles on medical subjects were widely read. They include "The Gospel According to Darwin" (1898); "Con- quest of Consumption" (1910) ; "Exer- cise and Health" (1911); "Handbook of Health" (1911); "Civilization and Health" (1914); "Community Hygiene" (1915). HUTTEN, BETTINA VON, an Ameri- can novelist. She was born at Erie, Pa., in 1874, daughter of John Riddle, and ir 1897 married Freiherr von Hutten it 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' Foun- tain"; "Magpie." HUTTEN, ULRICH VON, a German controversial satirist; born in Steckel- burg, 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 re- ligious and political controversies. His Avorks include: "The Art of Prosody"; "Nemo"; and "Dialogues." His most noteworthy production, however, is the "Letters of Obscure Men," mercilessly ridiculing the ignorance of the lower clergy. He died in the island of Ufnau, Lake Zurich, 1523. HUTTON, 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 mathe- matics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and in 1774 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was selected to perform the necessary calcu- lations 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