Who is Hugh Brogan in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien by J.R.R. Tolkien?

Hugh Brogan was the recipient of letters from JRR Tolkien that have luckily been saved. These begin to appear during the 1950s. In one example of these, Letter #151 in 1954, the author shows that Hugh Brogan had a preference for goblins over orcs as a type of monster. Tolkien thanks Hugh Brogan for "remembering the aging professor" (p. 186). To this extent, it is safe to call Hugh a kind man. There is another excerpt from a letter to this man: it is extremely brief. There is an editor's note: Hugh had apologized for rude criticism. Also, Hugh Brogan admitted to suffering from nightmares.

There are not many letters to him included.