Frederick Hudson (photographer)

Frederick Augustus Hudson (23 January 1818[1] – 1900)[2] was a British spirit photographer from Westminster who was active in the 1870s.

[7] According to Joseph McCabe, Hudson's photographs were exposed as fraudulent in 1872 by a fellow spiritualist, William Henry Harrison.

The psychical researcher Simeon Edmunds wrote that "John Beattie, a professional photographer of note, demonstrated conclusively that his spirits were faked by a simple process of double exposure.

"[9] In 1874, Alfred Russel Wallace visited Hudson and a photograph of him with his deceased mother was produced.

"[10] Magic historian Milbourne Christopher has written: Hudson introduced spirit photography to Britain in 1872.