Early Life
Gardner was born in Clapton, London, England on 16 March 1962 to Thomas Gardner and Ann Pearse. He was educated at the City of London School, a boys' independent day school located in the City of London. He entered Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge in 1880. He read for a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Classics and graduated with a double first in 1884.
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