W. F. R. Hardie

William Francis Ross Hardie (25 April 1902 – 30 September 1990) was a Scottish classicist, philosopher and academic. He was President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1969.[1][2]

Early life and education

Hardie was born on 25 April 1902 in Edinburgh, Scotland to William Hardie, classical scholar. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, then an all-boys private school. He studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a double first Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1924: he was awarded a number of undergraduate prizes in classics and philosophy.[1][2]

Academic career

Hardie spent 1925 as a fellow by examination at Magdalen College, Oxford.[3] In 1926, he was elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1] He was the college's tutor in philosophy:[2] a notable tutee of his was Paul Grice.[4] He became President of Corpus Christi College in 1950, and during his tenure saw the college fellowship double and the student numbers increase.[1] He retired in 1969 and was appointed an honorary fellow by his college.[3] He is also revered for naming and pioneering the academic discipline of psephology, the study of voting behaviours and the statistical analysis of elections, as a branch of political science. The term was coined by Hardie in 1948 and first used in academic writings in 1952.

Personal life

Im 1938, Hardie married Isobel St Maur Macaulay. Together they had two sons.[3]

Hardie died on 30 September 1990 in Oxford, England.[1]

Works
  • A Study in Plato. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1936.
  • Naturalistic Ethics. London: British Academy. 1947.
  • Aristotle's Ethical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1968.

References
  1. Bailey, Cyril; Pottle, Mark (January 2011). "Hardie, William Ross (1862–1916)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33698. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Hardie, William Francis Ross (1902–90)". The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Continuum. 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-975469-4.
  3. "Hardie, William Francis Ross". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165002. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. Chapman, Siobhan (2005). Paul Grice, philosopher and linguist. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 14. ISBN 0-230-00585-3. OCLC 191953003. Grice always emphasised what he saw as his own good fortune in being allocated as tutee to W. F. R. (Frank) Hardie.
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