1822 - 1896
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 217,348 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Hughes is the 5,390th most popular writer (down from 5,172nd in 2019), the 4,380th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,584th in 2019) and the 491st most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Thomas Hughes ranks 5,390 out of 5,755. Before him are Avram Davidson, Brigitte Reimann, Dorrit Willumsen, Stephen Spender, Diane Ackerman, and Sarah Waters. After him are Kevin J. Anderson, Edward Abbey, Peter Seeberg, Mihkel Veske, M. Scott Peck, and Liu Xia.
1923 - 1993
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 5,384
1933 - 1973
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 5,385
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 5,386
1909 - 1995
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 5,387
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 5,388
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 5,389
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 5,390
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 5,391
1927 - 1989
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 5,392
1925 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 5,393
1843 - 1890
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 5,394
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 5,395
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 5,396
Among people born in 1822, Thomas Hughes ranks 73. Before him are John Pope, Menyhért Lónyay, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, István Bittó, Lev Mei, and Charles Frédéric Girard. After him are Edward Everett Hale, Frances Power Cobbe, and George Stoneman. Among people deceased in 1896, Thomas Hughes ranks 74. Before him are William Quan Judge, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Ferdinand von Mueller, George du Maurier, Élie-Abel Carrière, and Vera Yevstafievna Popova. After him are Paul Arène, Francis James Child, and Coventry Patmore.
1822 - 1892
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 67
1822 - 1884
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 68
1822 - 1880
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 69
1822 - 1903
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 70
1822 - 1862
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 71
1822 - 1895
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 72
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 73
1822 - 1909
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 74
1822 - 1904
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 75
1822 - 1894
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 76
1851 - 1896
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 68
1817 - 1896
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 69
1825 - 1896
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 70
1834 - 1896
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 71
1818 - 1896
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 72
1867 - 1896
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 73
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 74
1843 - 1896
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 75
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 76
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 77
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hughes ranks 4,380 out of 7,765. Before him are Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Tracey Ullman (1959), Murray Rose (1939), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), Stephen Spender (1909), and Sarah Waters (1966). After him are Prideaux John Selby (1788), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), William Beechey (1753), Denis Lawson (1947), Michael Howard (1941), and Florence Pugh (1996).
1999 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 4,374
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,375
1939 - 2012
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,376
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,377
1909 - 1995
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,378
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 4,379
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 4,380
1788 - 1867
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 4,381
1860 - 1935
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 4,382
1753 - 1839
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 4,383
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 4,384
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 4,385
1996 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 4,386
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Hughes ranks 491. Before him are Piers Anthony (1934), Stephen Leacock (1869), Kim Newman (1959), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Stephen Spender (1909), and Sarah Waters (1966). After him are Darren Shan (1972), Joe Orton (1933), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), Pat Barker (1943), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Margaret Drabble (1939).
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 485
1869 - 1944
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 486
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 487
1793 - 1874
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 488
1909 - 1995
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 489
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 490
1822 - 1896
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 491
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 492
1933 - 1967
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 493
1875 - 1936
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 494
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 495
1320 - 1350
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 496
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 497