P0385 new approved GB 249 conventionDeclaration ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997). detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 created May 4, 2012 6:31:06 AM BST human revised March 1, 2013 2:17:49 AM GMT human person Hardy, Marcel, fl 1876-1920, botanist and ecologist conventionDeclaration

Hardy trained at the École Militaire in Brussels, from where he deserted aged around 21 and fled to Edinburgh with his wife. He trained in botany and geography under Patrick Geddes and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1903. A variety of jobs followed. He was assistant in botany to Patrick Geddes at Dundee University College, studied at the Sorbonne, managed estates in Mexico and Panama and was tutor to an Indian Prince.

After World War I, Hardy returned to Britain and advised Lord Leverhulme on the prospects for commercial agriculture on the Isle of Lewis. In early 1920, he was nominated as one of the five representatives on the Reparations Commission, which had been set up to calculate the sums Germany must pay the allies, in recompense for the expenditure they had incurred in waging World War I. Hardy's task was to report into the state of German agriculture. Hardy subsequently settled in Berlin.

 Dernbach, Miette, b c 1900 Notes by [Marcel Hardy] for survey of Edinburgh ‘Esquisse de la Géographie et de la Végetation des Highlands d'Écosse’ by Marcel Hardy, University College Dundee Letter from Marcel Hardy, Montpellier University, Botanical Institute, to Patrick Geddes Miscellaneous note by [Patrick Geddes] and [Marcel Hardy] on agriculture, occupations and economics 'Jottings for a Country Planning Conference'. Notes by [Marcel Hardy] Letter from Marcel Hardy, Dundee, to Patrick Geddes Letter from Marcel Hardy, Dundee, to Patrick Geddes Letter from Marcel Hardy to Patrick Geddes Letter from Marcel Hardy (Patrick Geddes's assistant at Dundee) to Patrick Geddes Letter from Marcel Hardy, Montpellier University, Botanical Institute, to Patrick Geddes Card notes by [Marcel Hardy] on varieties of landscapes and their vegetation Notes by [Marcel Hardy] for geographical survey, mainly relating to trees Botanical Survey of Scotland, Distribution of the Main Plant Associations in the Highlands, by Marcel Hardy Pamphlet: 'Botanical Geography and the Biological Utilisation of the Soil' by Marcel Hardy Paper: ‘La végétation des pays illyriens’ by Marcel Hardy