Ernest George Hardy (15 January 1852 – 26 October 1925) was a classicist and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1921 to 1925.
Hardy was born in Hampstead, England and was educated at Highgate School.
He then went to Exeter College, Oxford, from 1871 to 1875, where he was a scholar and achieved a double-first in Literae Humaniores.
[3] He resigned following a struggle with the governors, and moved back to Oxford where he carried out private research.
[3] After Sir John Rhys died in 1915, the Principalship was vacant until 1921, when Hardy was elected.