Hugh Price Hughes
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Hugh Price Hughes (February 9, 1847 - November 17, 1902), was a Welsh Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition. He was the founder of the Methodist Times and the first superintendent of the West London Methodist Mission, a key Methodist organisation today. He was a driver of social change and reform.
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Hughes was born in Carmarthen, and was educated at University College London and the Wesleyan Theological College at Richmond. He married Katherine Hughes, who represented Sisters of the People[1] In 1885, he founded the Methodist Times, and in 1887 he was appointed Superintendent of the West London Methodist Mission [1]. In 1896, he was elected first president of the National Free Church Council. He died in London.
