Famous People with Name Fergusson

Fergusson Wright Hume            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Fergusson Wright Hume: was an English novelist.Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbourne, he obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of a similar kind. The result was the self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), which became a great success. He based his descriptions of low life on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. He sold the English and American rights to the novel for fifty pounds, and thus derived little benefit from its success. It eventually became the top selling mystery novel of the Victorian era.

Muriel McQueen Fergusson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Muriel McQueen Fergusson: was a Canadian Senator and the first woman Speaker of the Senate.She was the first woman elected, in 1950, to the Fredericton City Council and was the first woman deputy mayor in 1953.