City of Westminster in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Thomas Hardy
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2026
1. Thomas Hardy Marker
Thomas Hardy
1840-1928
Poet & Author
Lived here 1863-1874
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 51° 31.124′ N, 0° 11.427′ W. Marker is in City of Westminster, England, in Greater London. It is on Westbourne Park Villas west of Porchester Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16 Westbourne Park Villas, City of Westminster, England W2 5ED, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dr John Alcindor (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Guglielmo Marconi (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Margery Allingham (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Westbourne Green Canalside (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Alexander Herzen (approx. half a kilometer away); Robert Browning (approx. half a kilometer away); William Henry Hudson (approx. half a kilometer away); Little Venice: a place to be (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in City of Westminster.
Also see . . . Thomas Hardy (Wikipedia). Overview:
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George(Submitted on April 29, 2026.)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.
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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.
Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in south-west and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listedin the top 50 on the BBC's survey of best-loved novels, The Big Read.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, 0&/27/20262. Thomas Hardy Marker - wide view
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3. Thomas Hardy
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 4 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 29, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
