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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Edward Rochie Hardy papers |
| Dates: | 1680-1967 (bulk ca. 1890-1950) |
| Call Number: | M45 |
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Biographical Note
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Edward Rochie Hardy was instrumental in the development of insurance education and the growth of insurance libraries. He was born on October 15, 1862 in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Petty Marsh, Maine. He received his Ph.B. degree from Boston University in 1896. Through his long career he held numerous posts in insurance organizations and as head of several insurance libraries. These included the Insurance Library Association of Boston, the New York Insurance Society, and the New York Fire Exchange. He also helped found the Insurance Institute of America in 1909, and was responsible for creating its library. By October 1939, the Insurance Institute of America had grown to include 4,169 member organizations. From 1905 to 1939 Hardy was a lecturer at New York University's School of Commerce. He taught classes on topics such as fire insurance, investment and speculation, and insurance law and practice. He also wrote extensively on the topic of insurance. Included among his writings are the books "History of Fire Insurance," which chronicles the life of the insurance industry from 1724 to 1901, and "Making of the Fire Insurance Rate," a history of fire insurance and the process of rate making. |
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