Thomas Hardy 1840 - 1928 Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England on June 2, 1840 to Jemima Hand and Thomas Hardy Sr. who were only married for six months. Thomas was the oldest of four children who included Mary, Henry and Kate. Hardy attended school for only eight years between 1848 and 1856. While at school he developed a love for architecture as well as for writing. While working for the architect John Hicks as his assistant he never stopped …showed first 75 words of 660 total…

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