William Francis Ross "Frank" Hardie (25 April 1902 – 30 September 1990) was a Scottish classicist, philosopher and academic.
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.
[1][2] Hardie spent 1925 as a fellow by examination at Magdalen College, Oxford.
[3] Hardie has also been credited with naming the academic discipline of psephology,[1] the study of voting behaviours and the statistical analysis of elections, but this has been disputed.
[8] Im 1938, Hardie married Isobel St Maur Macaulay.