Hardy, Sir William Bate
(1864–1934)
- A. V. Hill
- , revised by Isobel Falconer
Extract
Hardy, Sir William Bate (1864–1934), biologist and food scientist, was born at Erdington, Warwickshire, on 6 April 1864, the only child of William Hardy, of Llangollen, Denbighshire, and his wife, Sarah, eldest daughter of William Bate. As a boy Hardy was sent to sea with the ...