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Walter W. Hughes : ウィキペディア英語版 | Walter Hughes
Sir Walter Watson Hughes (22 August 1803 – 1 January 1887)〔Dirk Van Dissel, '(Hughes, Sir Walter Watson (1803 - 1887) )', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 440-441. Retrieved 11 August 2009〕 was a pastoralist, public benefactor and founder of the University of Adelaide, South Australia. ==Early life== Hughes was born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland, the third son of Thomas Hughes and his wife Eliza, ''née'' Anderson.〔 Hughes attended school in Crail and was apprenticed to a cooper for a short time - he then entered the merchant service and became a master, including whaling in the Arctic for several years. After hearing of opportuntiues for trade in Asia, Hughes purchased a brig, ''Hero'', in Calcutta and traded opium in the Indian Ocean and seas of China having to contend with pirates.〔
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