Thomas Oliver Harding (5 January 1850 – 17 October 1896)[2] was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University in 1873.

[3] He received his early education at Kingswood Wesleyan School near Bath,[1] followed by studies at King's College, London, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge where he took the Mathematical Tripos.

[1] He was a first-class prizeman in 1870, 1871 and 1872, graduating as Senior Wrangler in 1873[1] and receiving his MA in 1876.

[4] Harding was elected to the Cambridge Apostles in 1872, and as an undergraduate was a keen oarsman and swimmer.

[2] After graduation he became a schoolmaster at Marlborough College,[4] and (according to one source) a barrister.