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Thomas Hardy was born on 3 March 1752 in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the son of a merchant seaman. [1] His father died in 1760 at sea while Thomas was still a boy. He was sent to school by his maternal grandfather [1] and later apprenticed to a shoemaker in Stirlingshire.
Thomas Hardy (political reformer) (1752–1832), British political reformer and an object of the 1794 Treason Trials; Thomas Hardy (Royal Navy officer, died 1732) (1666–1732), admiral and member of parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis; Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1839), British naval officer
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (13 September 1666 – 16 August 1732) was a Royal Navy officer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Having joined the navy sometime before 1688, Hardy's career was supported by Captain George Churchill, whom he served as first lieutenant during the Battle of Barfleur in 1692.
Thomas Hardy (English painter) Thomas Hardy (political reformer) (1752–1832) Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1839), British naval officer and Nelson's flag-captain at Trafalgar; Thomas Hardy (winemaker) (1830 – 1912), "Father of the South Australian Wine Industry" Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), English novelist and poet; Thomas Lionel ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1752nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 752nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1752, the ...
Hardy is said to have been distinguished in radical company by never speaking "but to the purpose at hand" and by his "high organising ability". [9] In promoting the new society, Hardy and his friends rode a wave of popular political engagement lifted by the two-part publication (March 1791, February 1792) of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man.
Hardy designed and built his home Max Gate, just south of the town, and lived there from 1885 until his death in 1928. It is not yet known if the plaque survived the fire and the building's collapse.
Hardy by Richard Evans. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (5 April 1769 – 20 September 1839) was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars.