The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Dudley, Thomas
DATES:
1576–1653
English-born American colonial administrator who served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1634, 1640, 1645, and 1650) and as one of Harvard College's first overseers. His son Joseph (1647–1720) was also governor of Massachusetts (1702–1715).
