Thomas Hughes
1822–96
Writer, jurist, and social reformer. Author of Tom Brown’s school days (1857), which describes life at Rugby School. Called to the bar, 1848. Liberal MP for Lambeth, 1865; Frome, 1868–74. Appointed Queen’s counsel, 1869. County-court judge, 1882–96. Leading advocate of trade unions. One of the founders of the London Working Men’s College, 1854; principal, 1872–83.
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Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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