Arthur C. Hardy

Arthur C. Hardy
Born1895 (1895)
Died1977 (aged 81–82)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Arthur Cobb Hardy (1895–1977) was president of the Optical Society of America from 1935-36.[1][2] He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1939[3] and the Frederic Ives Medal in 1957.[4] He was part of the inaugural class of Fellows of the Optical Society of America in 1959.[5]

Hardy graduated from the University of California in 1917.[6] Upon graduation, he joined the US Army, where he served in the American Expeditionary Force as a Commanding Officer in the Photographic Section. He joined Kodak Research Laboratories after World War I.

In 1922, Hardy was appointed Assistant Professor in Optics and Photography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he developed the recording spectrophotometer, which transformed the study of color.[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Arthur C. Hardy". The Optical Society. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Optical Society of America. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009.
  3. ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Edward Longstreth Medal 1939 Laureates". Franklin Institute. Retrieved November 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Duntley, S. Q. (1978). "Obituary. Arthur Cobb Hardy". Physics Today. 31 (3): 80–81. doi:10.1063/1.2994980.
  5. ^ "Arthur C. Hardy | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "Arthur C. Hardy, Optics Specialist". The New York Times. November 2, 1977. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  7. ^ Arthur C. Hardy, Nature, January 12, 1978. https://www.nature.com/articles/271194a0.pdf


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