Studied at University College, London, and the Middlesex Hospital, at the latter becoming House Surgeon. He practised first at 66 High Street, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, where he was medical officer to the Dispensary and to the Stour-bridge District Union. He next moved to London and practised at 65 Euston Road, where he was Surgeon to the Hospital for Diseases of Women and Children, Vincent Square, Westminster, and Medical Officer to the 6th District of the St Pancras Union. Between 1870 and 1880 he migrated to New South Wales and practised at Goulburn and Murwillumbah. After retiring to Darling Street, Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, he died on March 18th, 1910. Publications: Harding made several contributions to the *Lond. Med. Times and Gaz*.