Thomas Hughes
Novelist, Author
1822 – 1896
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Who was Thomas Hughes?
Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer, judge and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days, a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford.
Hughes had numerous other interests, in particular as a Member of Parliament, in the British co-operative movement, and in a settlement in Tennessee reflecting his values.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1822
Uffington - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Frances Ford
(1847 - )
- Frances Ford
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Oriel College, Oxford
- Rugby School
- Lived in
- Wimbledon
- Died
- Mar 22, 1896
Brighton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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