Thomas Hughes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Hughes

English lawyer, author and cricketer

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1822

Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1896

Profession: judge, writer, lawyer, politician, poet lawyer, children's writer, novelist, cricketer, trade unionist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician 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.