Thomas Hughes Writer

Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861).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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Thomas Hughes
Birth dateOctober 20, 1822
Birth place
Oxfordshire , Uffington
Date of deathMarch 22, 1896
Place of death
Brighton

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