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William Hughes
FRGS
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...
(1818 – 21 May 1876) was an English geographer, cartographer, author and academic.
Life
In early life Hughes was in business as an engraver inPentonville
Pentonville is an area on the northern fringe of Central London, in the London Borough of Islington. It is located north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road. Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish ...
, London. In 1840 he became a lecturer at St John's College, Battersea
Sir Walter St John's was founded in 1700 for twenty boys of the village of Battersea. As the population and the English educational system changed, so did the school. The school was colloquially known as "Sinjuns" and was finally closed in 1986-7. ...
.
Hughes was Professor of Geography at King's College and Queen's College, London and Royal Female Naval School.
He was for many years Examiner in Geography to the College of Preceptors. He died at his home, Adelaide Road, St John's Wood
St John's Wood is a district in the City of Westminster, London, lying 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Traditionally the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone, it extends east to west from ...
, London.
Works
Hughes was the author of many books; atlases for the classroom, and books for biblical studies and general reference. He was also a prolific editor of reference works and textbooks. Some of his publications were later revised by Sir Richard Gregory, and by John Francon Williams.
Partial bibliography
*''Directions for Taking Instructions on Wills'' 1840 *''Three Students of Grays Inn'' (novel) 1846 *''The Stamp Duties Act'' 1850 *''The Origin and Condition of the Australian Colonies'' Longman & Co. 1852 *''Manual of Mathematical Geography'' 1852 *''A Manual of Geography, Physical, Industrial and Political'' 1852 *''It's All for the Best'' (3-volume novel) 1853 *''A Class-book of Modern Geography'' 1859 *''Philips' Family Atlas of Physical, General and Classical Geography'' 1859 *''A Manual of Geography'' *''Manual of British Geography'' *''Elementary Class-book of Modern Geography'' 1860 *''A Manual of European Geography'' 1861 *''A Class-book of Physical Geography'' 1861 *''Outlines of Geography'' 1864 *''The Geography of River Systems'' 1865 *''Elementary Class-book of Physical Geography'' 1866 *''Geography in its Relation to History'' 1870 *''Geography of the British Isles'' 1887 *''Bible Maps'' pub. John W. Parker, London *''Philips' Atlas of Scripture Geography'' *Hughes W. (Revised by R. A. Gregory) ''An Elementary Classbook of Physical Geography'' 1904 *''General Geography, Simplified for beginners'' (in Gleig's School Series) *''Geography of the British Empire, Simplified for beginners'' (in Gleig's School Series) *''The Child's First Book of Geography'' (in Gleig's School Series)Further reading
*Vaughan, J. E. "William Hughes, FRGS (1818–1876) as Geographical Educationist". In W. E. Marsden (ed.) ''Historical Perspectives on Geographical Education'' (IGU Commission on Geographical Education: University of London Institute of Education, 1980)References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, William (geographer) English cartographers English engravers English geographers 1818 births 1876 deaths 19th-century English writers Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Academics of King's College London