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Thomas Hardy is one of the great English novelist and poet.He was born in 1840 in Higher Bockhampton,a hamlet（小村庄） in the parish（教区） of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England. His father worked as a stonemason and local builder. His mother Jemima was well-read, and she educated Thomas until he went to his first school at Bockhampton at age eight. 1856(16years) He ended his formal education because of lacking money,and became a apprentice of a local architect. 1862(22 years) He enrolled as a student at Kings College London(英国伦敦学院）. prizes from the Royal Institute of British