About Charles Hardwick
Lived 1817 – 1889 (aged 71). Charles Hardwick was a journalist, historian and antiquarian bookseller.
Charles Hardwick (10 September 1817 – 8 July 1889) was an English antiquary, known for his writings related to Lancashire.
Life The son of an innkeeper at Preston, Lancashire, he was born there on 10 September 1817. He was apprenticed to a printer, but on the expiration of his bond he devoted himself to art, and practised as a portrait-painter in Preston. Having joined the Odd Fellows he took part in the reform of the Manchester Unity, and was elected grand-master of the order.
Hardwick was a vice-president of the Manchester Literary Club, of which he was a founder.
Hardwick died at Manchester on 8 July 1889.
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English antiquary
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Charles Hardwick was born on 10 September 1817 in Preston.
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Charles Hardwick died on 8 July 1889 in Manchester.
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Charles Hardwick was a journalist, historian and antiquarian bookseller.
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