He earned an engineer 's degree from Imperial College London and subsequently became a manager of a large company .
Born in Burton upon Trent , Staffordshire , England , Hardy had an apparently uneventful childhood and excelled in school and college .
Hardy earned an engineer 's degree from Imperial College London and subsequently became a manager of a large company .
Born in Burton upon Trent , Staffordshire , England , Hardy had an apparently uneventful childhood and excelled in school and college .