Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Reform of Parliament: Thomas Hardy

Description: Abstract: Born in Larbert, Scotland in 1752. After a brief education at the local school, he went to work for his grandfather who taught him the trade of shoemaking. Trade was difficult and Hardy gradually came to the conclusion that his economic problems were being caused by a corrupt Parliament. After a period of radicalism and protest activities he was arrested, and during a riotous assault on his house his wife died in childbirth, and his sixth child was sitllborn. After his trial Hardy ceased to be active in politics. He ran a small shoeshop in Covent Garden until his retirement in 1815. Thomas Hardy died in Pimlico on 11th October 1832.