Anthony Hardwicke (left 2002)

Anthony joined Haberdashers' in 1998 after three years at the Haberdashers' School in Monmouth. Anthony is a great enthusiast for his subject and holds a passionate brief in the importance of display and demonstration as the best means of capturing and retaining the interest of his pupils.

His laboratory was transformed on his arrival by an impressive array of large-scale molecular models suspended from the ceiling to add to the more conventional charts and posters; the usual periodic table was replaced by a chart of positively gargantuan proportions. Anthony's zeal to promote Chemistry and science extended well outside his teaching: he took over the direction of the School Science Society and, each year he was at Haberdashers', he organised and delivered an annual Royal Society of Chemistry lecture to pupils from local schools.

Anthony is a keen musician; a pianist and a singer. He joined wholeheartedly in the musical life at Haberdashers', spending much of his free time practising and playing.

He bravely volunteered to act as Common Room Secretary, completing his duties over a two year term with characteristic punctiliousness.