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HAR he induced the duke to present his library; and in 1709 he was elected rector of the gymnasium of Marienburg, where he spent the rest of his life. He wrote, Autographa Lutheri aliorumque celebrium Virorum ab anno 1517 ad ann. 1546, Reformationis Ætatem et Historiam egregiè illustrantia, 3 vols, 8vo; Magnum Constantiense Concilium de universali Ecclesiæ Reformatione, Unione, et Fide, 3 vols, fol, 1700—1742, 6 vols, fol., under- taken by order of the duke of Brunswick; Memorabilia Bibliothecæ novae Rodol- phiee ; Historia Literaria Reformationis, 1717,5 vols, fol. ; Tomus p: Imus in Jobum, Historiam Populi Israelis in Assyriaco exilio, Samaria eversa et Regno extincto, illustrans, Helmstadt, 1728, fol. He left in MS. a History of the Reformation, which is preserved in the library at Helmstadt. He died in 1746. HARDUIN, (Alexander Xavier,) a lawyer, grammarian, and poet, born at Arras in 1718, and educated under the Jesuits in that city. He became secretary to the Academy there, in 1745, in the room of La Place. His writings on grammar are highly esteemed by. Dumarsais, Du- clos, and D 'Olivet. He died in 1785. HARD WICKE. See YORKE. HARDY, (Sir Charles.) an able officer, grandson of a distinguished naval com- mander under queen Anne. He was commander-in-chief of the western squa- dron in 1779, and died that year at Spit- head. HARDY, (Sir Thomas Masterman,) a distinguished naval officer, born at Martin's Town, near Dorchester, in Dorsetshire, on the 5th of April, 1769. At twelve years ef age he entered the service as a midshipman on board the Helena of 14 guns, commanded by captain Francis Roberts. In February 1790 he joined the Hebe frigate, commanded by captain A. Hood, and employed as a Chan- nel cruiser. He afterwards served in the Tisiphone, 12, until May 1793, when he accompanied captain Hunt into the Am- phitrite, 20, and joined lord Hood's fleet in the Mediterranean. In November following he was made lieutenant in the Meleager, which was constantly em- ployed as one of Nelson's squadron. In August 1796 he was transferred to La Minen-e, in which he was present at the battle of St. Vincent; and to a gallant achievement performed in her boats he owed his promotion to the rank of com- mander, (28th of May, 1797,) when he captured the Mutine, a 16-gun brig, un- der the walls of Vera Cruz. He was 207 HAR immediately promoted into this brig, which was brought into the service ; and in that vessel (the only single-decked vessel with the squadron) he accompanied Nelson in his pursuit of the French fleets, and was present in the action of the Nile; and, on a vacancy occurring in the Van- guard, Nelson appointed him te it. He followed Nelson into the Foudroyant, from which he was removed to the Princes* Charlotte. He returned to England in 1799. In November 1800 he joined the blamur, and afterwards the St. George, Nelson's flagships. Previously to the battle of Copenhagen he performed a very im- portant service in sounding a part of the channel. Though in constant attendance on Nelson, the St. George was not en- gaged in the attack, as she drew too much water. On the 31st of August, 1801, he was appointed to the Isis, 50, in which he conveyed the duke of Kent to Gibraltar. In July 1802 he commissioned the Ain- phion, and was employed in her on the Lisbon station, from which he returned in the following December. When Nel- son, in 1803, was appointed to the com- mand of the Mediterranean fleet, and hoisted his flag in the Victory, the Amphion accompanied him, and for a time bore his flag; but on the 30th of July Hardy joined the Victory with Nel- son, whom he never afterwards quitted. After the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory returned home with Nelson's body ; and at the funeral Hardy bore the banner of emblems, immediately before the rela- tions of the deceased. By patent, dated February 4, 1806, he was created a bardnet. He was next appointed to the Samson, 64; from which he was re- moved to the Triumph, 74, in May 1806. In this ship he accompanied Sir Richard Strachan in pursuit of a French squadron to the West Indies ; was next employed upon the Halifax station ; and afterwards at Lisbon, where he had the rank of chief of division in the Portuguese fleet conferred upon him. From the Triumph he was, on the 17th of May, 1809, re- moved into the Barfleur, 98, in which he continued until September 1812, when he obtained the command of the llamillies, 74, in which he proceeded to reinforce the North American squadron. In June 1815 he was appointed to the Princeu Augusta yacht at Deptford, which he held nearly three years. In 1818 he was appointed to the Superb, in which he assumed the command of the South American squadron, which he held until January 1824. In December 1826 he