The Thomas Hughes novel Tom Brown's Schooldays has inspired several film and television adaptations:
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 2005 television film adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel of the same name.
 It was released on 1 January 2005 and released on DVD 9 days later.
Tom Brown is a fictional character created by author Thomas Hughes in his work "Tom Brown's School Days" (1857) which is set at a real English public school — Rugby School for Boys — in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a pupil there.
 Tom Brown is based on the author's brother, George Hughes, and George Arthur is based on Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Joyce Templeton, Jack Coleman and Evelyn Boucher.
 It is an adaptation of the novel "Tom Brown's School Days" by Thomas Hughes.
 It is set at Rugby School in the 1830s where Tom Brown encounters the villainous bully Flashman.
 It was made at Catford Studios.
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1971 television serial adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays".
Mary "May" Hughes (1860-1941) was an English social worker in Whitechapel.
 Born at 80 Park Street, Mayfair, Mary was the youngest daughter of Thomas Hughes, Christian Socialist and author of Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Thomas Hughes {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician 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).
Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written "Tom Brown's Schooldays", also published under the titles "Tom Brown at Rugby", "School Days at Rugby", and "Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby") is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes.
 The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, a public school for boys.
 Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842.
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1951 British drama film, produced by Brian Desmond Hurst, directed by Gordon Parry and starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and James Hayter.
 It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hughes.
 For this version, Rugby School was used as a filming location.
Persuasion is a 1971 British television serial adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name.
 It was produced by Granada Television for ITV and was directed by Howard Baker.
 The series stars Ann Firbank as Anne Elliott and Bryan Marshall as Captain Wentworth.
 It was originally aired in April and May 1971 in five episodes.

Question: Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1971 television serial adaptation of a novel by an author who died in waht year?
Answer: 1896