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Information: Author best remembered for 'Tom Brown's Schooldays,' published in 1857.
Later in his life he founded the community of Rugby in Tennessee, USA, to be a cooperative, class-free society where Britain's younger sons of gentry could build a new community
Hughes, Thomas Sites:
Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) Thomas Hughes (1822-1896): Short biography, focusing particularly on his support for idealistic initiatives in the United States. (Hughes, Thomas) http://www.historicrugby.org/hughes/hughes.htm
Tom Brown's Schooldays - A Look at the Old Game Tom Brown's Schooldays - A Look at the Old Game: Descriptions of the game of rugby from the pages of the book about life at Rugby School in the 1830s. (Hughes, Thomas) http://www.wesclark.com/rrr/tombrown.html
Tom Brown's Schooldays Tom Brown's Schooldays: Online text of Thomas Hughes' novel. (Hughes, Thomas) http://www.literature.org/authors/hughes-thomas/tom-browns-schooldays/