Thomas Hardy

Birthday: 6/2/1840
Deathday: 1/11/1928
Place of birth: Dorset, England
Fame for: Writing

Biography

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.