Education
Hardy was educated at Herve, before starting at the University of Louvain in 1886, studying law.
Hardy was educated at Herve, before starting at the University of Louvain in 1886, studying law.
After getting his doctorate he returned to Dison, where he carried on his literary work as well as working as a lawyer Hardy was editor or assistant editor of several literary journals from 1900 onward, including Rappel de Charleroi, Dépêche de Liège and the Journal de Bruxelles. In 1940, they escaped to Issigeac, France.
In May 1954 he was made a Freeman of the City of Dison, and died at Laeken on 19 June of that year.
Charles Ranhofer, chef at Delmonico"s honoured Hardy early in his publishing career by naming a goose liver pate after him, and Ranhofer"s book "The Epicurean", also lists a chicken dish, Cotelettes De Poulet A Louisiana Adolphe Hardy. List of foods named after people
Adolphe Hardy"s House, Wallonia Tourist Office.