THOMAS HARDY, from a painting by Augustus John in the Fitzwiillam Museum, Cambridge. The centenary of Hardy’s birth came during the last war when adequate celebration was impossible. So It was decided to mark 1968, the fortieth anniversary of his death, with a festival centred in Dorchester and extending to other places in Dorset associated with Hardy.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31724, 6 July 1968, Page 4
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57THOMAS HARDY, from a painting by Augustus John in the Fitzwiillam Museum, Cambridge. The centenary of Hardy’s birth came during the last war when adequate celebration was impossible. So It was decided to mark 1968, the fortieth anniversary of his death, with a festival centred in Dorchester and extending to other places in Dorset associated with Hardy. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31724, 6 July 1968, Page 4
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