A fictional character in Thomas Hughes' novel, Tom Brown's Schooldays. Known for his extreme interest in science and nature.
"Madman" Martin
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Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer 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).
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