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Thomas Hughes

1822 - 1896

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Thomas Hughes (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hughes has received more than 235,364 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hughes is the 6,237th most popular writer (down from 5,371st in 2019), the 5,259th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,371st in 2019) and the 592nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Hughes ranks 6,237 out of 7,302. Before him are Dragojla Jarnević, Tristan Taormino, Michael Arlen, Robert Hughes, Linda Maria Baros, and Gyrðir Elíasson. After him are Ronald Firbank, Dan Abnett, William Empson, Barbara Pym, Stig Claesson, and Helen Bannerman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Thomas Hughes ranks 82. Before him are Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Henry James Sumner Maine, Charles Frédéric Girard, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Jorge Córdova, and Lev Mei. After him are Frances Power Cobbe, Edward Everett Hale, and George Stoneman. Among people deceased in 1896, Thomas Hughes ranks 84. Before him are Johannes Müller Argoviensis, William Quan Judge, Narciso Campero, Eugen Baumann, Paul Arène, and Coventry Patmore. After him are James Abbott, and Francis James Child.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hughes ranks 5,259 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Taylor (1961), Keeley Hawes (1976), Ronald Drever (1931), Teddy Sinclair (1986), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), and Edward Augustus Freeman (1823). After him are Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Samantha Power (1970), Colin Davis (1933), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hughes ranks 592. Before him are Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Mary Lamb (1764), and Max Hastings (1945). After him are Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Barbara Pym (1913), Helen Bannerman (1862), and Alfred Domett (1811).

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