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Memoir of a brother (1873) by Thomas Hughes
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Memoir of a brother (1873) by Thomas Hughes
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Thomas Hughes QC (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 was the second son of John Hughes, editor of the Boscobel Tracts (1830). Thomas Hughes was born in Uffington, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He had six brothers, and one sister, Jane Senior who later became Britain's first female civil servant. At the age of eight he was sent to Twyford School, a preparatory public school near Winchester, where he remained until the age of eleven. In February 1834 he went to Rugby School, which was then under the celebrated Thomas Arnold, a contemporary of his father at Oriel College, Oxford.
| Author: Thomas Hughes |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Mar 01, 2016 |
| Number of Pages: 82 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1530323509 |
| ISBN-13: 9781530323500 |
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