Thomas Hughes
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 20, 1822
- Died
- March 22, 1896 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Oxfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Thomas Hughes QC (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English barrister, 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 and his brother had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861).
