Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy In June of 1849, Thomas Hardy was born on the second of the month. He grew up in Higher Bock Hampton, Dorset, England. Although Thomas Hardy is known today for his poetry and great works of literature, he started his working career as an architect?s assistant. In April of 1872, he decided he wanted a change and headed for London. For five years Thomas Hardy wrote poems and attempted to get them published. In 1867, still unsuccessful in having his poems published, Thomas Hardy returned to Dorset and continued his career as an architect?s assistant. Not until 1885 did Thomas Hardy finally settle down in a house he designed, Max Gate, with his wife Emma Gifford. Thomas Hardy died on January eleventh 1928 in his Max Gate home.