![]() ![]() ![]() In 1863 he won the medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects for an essay on Coloured Brick and Terra-cotta Architecture, and in the same year won the prize of the Architectural Association for design. In 1862 he went to London (which he had first visited at the age of nine) and became assistant to the late Sir Arthur Blomfield, R.A. In 1859 he began writing verse and essays, but in 1861 was compelled to apply himself more strictly to architecture, sketching and measuring many old Dorset churches with a view to their restoration. Hardy was educated at local schools, 1848-54, and afterwards privately, and in 1856 was articled to Mr John Hicks, an ecclesiastical architect of Dorchester. ![]() His maternal ancestors were the Swetman, Childs or Child, and kindred families, who before and after 1635 were small landed proprietors in Melbury Osmond, Dorset, and adjoining parishes. of that island in 1488), who settled in the west of England. His family was one of the branches of the Dorset Hardys, formerly of influence in and near the valley of the Frome, claiming descent from John Le Hardy of Jersey (son of Clement Le Hardy, Lt. Remains: Cremated, Westminster Abbey, London, England (excluding heart, buried at Stinsford)Įxecutive summary: Far from the Madding CrowdĮnglish novelist born in Dorsetshire on the 2nd of June 1840. Location of death: Dorchester, Dorset, England Birthplace: Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England ![]()
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