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Thomas Hardy

English novelist and poet (1840–1928)

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Thomas Hardy was a male author, poet, and novelist from Great Britain who worked in the fields of English literature, prose, and poetry. He was born on 2 June 1840 and died on 11 January 1928. His notable works include *Wessex tales*, *The oxen*, *Poems of the past and present*, *The best horror stories*, and *Unexpected Elegies*.

Hardy is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and is referenced by 1,277 other encyclopedia articles. He has works listed in various databases, with counts ranging from 5 to 3,757 depending on the source. His writings are available in English, and he is associated with the Commons category and creator pages under his name.

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1840–1928
Nationality: GB
Role / Field: Poets, Poet, Novelists, Novelist, Author, English literature
Language: eng, eng.
Gender: Male

Recorded by 43 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Family name: Hardy
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Dorchester
Place of death: Dorchester
Occupation: poet
Educated at: Architectural Association School of Architecture
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: Jude the Obscure
Movement: naturalism
Image: Thomashardy restored.jpg

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nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
writing language: English language
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
place of burial: Stinsford
Commons category: Thomas Hardy
date of birth: 1840-01-01
date of death: 1928-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Thomas Hardy
Commons Creator page: Thomas Hardy
Commons gallery: Thomas Hardy
member of: Royal Society of Literature
manner of death: natural causes
has works in the collection: Tate
different from: Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet
P8168: Allison Hossack
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12749: Hugo Münsterberg

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Works in European collections

20 objects attributed to Thomas Hardy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain such as those from his native South West England.

While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin.

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Thomas Hardy