W. F. R. Hardie Explained
William Francis Ross "Frank" 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. His brother, Colin, also went on to become a successful classicist. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, then an all-boys private school. He studied literae humaniores ("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.
Academic career
Hardie spent 1925 as a fellow by examination at Magdalen College, Oxford.[3] In 1926, he was appointed to a tutorial fellowship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was the college tutor in philosophy and notable tutees included Isaiah Berlin,[4] Paul Grice,[5] and J. O. Urmson, who reported that Hardie "when a tutor, turned out many more first-rate philosophers than most."[6]
Hardie became President of Corpus Christi College in 1950, (being replaced as philosophy tutor by David Pears) and during his tenure saw the college fellowship double and the student numbers increase. He retired in 1969 and was appointed an honorary fellow by his college.
Hardie has also been credited with naming the academic discipline of psephology, the study of voting behaviours and the statistical analysis of elections, but this has been disputed.[7]
Personal life
Im 1938, Hardie married Isobel St Maur Macaulay. Together they had two sons.
Hardie died on 30 September 1990 in Oxford, England.
Works
External links
- A Lucianic Dialogue, Between Socrates in Hades and Certain Men of the Present Day, Who Are Conducted Thither by Pollux on One of His Annual Excursions (1922) by William Francis Ross Hardie [at [[Internet Archive]]]
Notes and References
- Bailey. Cyril. Pottle. Mark. Hardie, William Ross (1862–1916). 4 November 2014. January 2011. 10.1093/ref:odnb/33698.
- Book: The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy . Hardie, William Francis Ross (1902–90) . 2006 . Continuum . en. 978-0-19-975469-4.
- Web site: Hardie, William Francis Ross . . Oxford University Press . 5 November 2018 . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165002 . 1 December 2007. 978-0-19-954089-1 .
- Book: Berlin, Isaiah . Building: Letters 1960-1975 . 2013-08-31 . Random House . 978-1-4481-9134-5 . Henry . Hardy . Henry Hardy . 533 . en . 1. William Francis Ross (Frank') Hardie (1901-90). Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. CCC, 1926-50. President 1950-69; IB's philosophy tutor at CCC, and a profound influence on his literary style, as well as his intellectual approach: 'extremely clever, modest, sharp — one couldn't get away with a single piece of rhetoric. however harmless, without explaining exactly what one meant, very clearly. Extremely deflationary; all the same, just and kind' (MI Tape 5). . registration.
- Book: Chapman, Siobhan . Paul Grice, philosopher and linguist . 2005 . Palgrave Macmillan . 0-230-00585-3 . Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire . 13–14 . 191953003 . Grice always emphasised what he saw as his own good fortune in being allocated as tutee to W. F. R. (Frank) Hardie..
- Book: Berlin, Isaiah . Flourishing : letters 1928-1946 . London : Pimlico . Internet Archive . 2005 . 978-0-7126-3565-3 . Henry . Hardy . Henry Hardy . 710 . Mr Hardie, when a tutor, turned out many more first-rate philosophers than most, so that his method was certainly-successful; but he was certainly inclined to judicious questioning rather than to imparting information or propagating his own views. One had very little idea what his views were. An essay beginning with a confident assertion of some generality would be greeted with a low, but agonised, moan. One would be required to say what one meant, what were one’s grounds, how one would deal with this and that objection. . . . J. O. Urmson, 'W. F. R. Hardie: President 1950-1969’, Pelican 1 No 1 (Michaelmas 1969), 4. . registration.
- Book: Crick, Michael . Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler . 2018-10-25 . Biteback Publishing . 978-1-78590-439-4 . 89–91 . en.
