<P> Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London in 1862 ; there he enrolled as a student at King 's College London . He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association . He joined Arthur Blomfield 's practice as assistant architect in April 1862 and worked with Blomfield on All Saints ' parish church in Windsor , Berkshire in 1862 -- 64 . A reredos , possibly designed by Hardy , was discovered behind panelling at All Saints ' in August 2016 . In the mid-1860s , Hardy was in charge of the excavation of part of the graveyard of St Pancras Old Church prior to its destruction when the Midland Railway was extended to a new terminus at St Pancras . </P>
<P> Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London in 1862 ; there he enrolled as a student at King 's College London . He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association . He joined Arthur Blomfield 's practice as assistant architect in April 1862 and worked with Blomfield on All Saints ' parish church in Windsor , Berkshire in 1862 -- 64 . A reredos , possibly designed by Hardy , was discovered behind panelling at All Saints ' in August 2016 . In the mid-1860s , Hardy was in charge of the excavation of part of the graveyard of St Pancras Old Church prior to its destruction when the Midland Railway was extended to a new terminus at St Pancras . </P>
thomas hardy was brought up to the profession of
thomas hardy was brought up to the profession of
architect
architect