Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes QC
Thomas Hughes
Born	(1822-10-20)20 October 1822 Uffington, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England
Died	22 March 1896(1896-03-22) (aged 73) Brighton, East Sussex, England
Pen name	Vacuus Viator[1]
Occupation	Lawyer, writer, reformer
Education	Oriel College, Oxford
Period	Nineteenth century
Genre	Children's literature

Thomas Hughes QC (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—Rugby, Tennessee, USA—reflecting his values.