Thomas Hughes

"It's more than a game. It's an institution"

Thomas Hughes

WHO: Thomas Hughes was a British jurist, reformer, and novelist born in 1822. He died at the age of 73 in 1896.

WHERE: This quote comes from the novel Tom Brown’s Schooldays - pt. 2, chapter 7- based on his school experiences at Rugby School. 

WHEN: Thomas Hughes wrote Tom Brown’s Schooldays in 1857.