RICHARD HUGHES : He was born on August 20, 1836 in London, England. He received his education in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1867, he wrote ‘Manual of Pharmacodynamics’ & ‘Manual of Therapeutics’. He worked as an officer for the British Homoeopathic Society. He was the editor of British Journal of Homoeopathy. He also edited the 6 volumes of ‘Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesy’ & worked with T.F. Allen on his 10 volumes of ‘Encyclopedia Materia Medica’. He rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann’s ‘Materia Medica Pura’ into English.