Arthur C. Hardy

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| birth_date = 1895

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| death_date = 1977

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| fields = Physics

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Arthur Cobb Hardy (1895–1977) was president of the Optical Society of America from 1935-36.{{cite web |title=Arthur C. Hardy|publisher=The Optical Society|url=http://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/arthur-c--hardy/|access-date=15 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America |publisher=Optical Society of America |url=http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120044158/http://osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx |archive-date=2009-01-20 }} He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1939{{cite web |url=http://www.fi.edu/winners/show_results.faw?gs=&ln=&fn=&keyword=&subject=&award=LONG+&sy=1938&ey=1940&name=Submit |title=Franklin Laureate Database - Edward Longstreth Medal 1939 Laureates |publisher=Franklin Institute |access-date={{Format date|2011|11|16}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214190328/http://www.fi.edu/winners/show_results.faw?gs=&ln=&fn=&keyword=&subject=&award=LONG+&sy=1938&ey=1940&name=Submit |archive-date=2012-12-14 }} and the [https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/awards/award_descriptions/ivesquinn/ Frederic Ives Medal] in 1957.{{cite journal|title=Obituary. Arthur Cobb Hardy|author=Duntley, S. Q.|author-link=Seibert Q. Duntley|journal=Physics Today|year=1978|volume=31|issue=3|pages=80–81|doi=10.1063/1.2994980}} He was part of the inaugural class of Fellows of the Optical Society of America in 1959.{{Cite web |title=Arthur C. Hardy {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/history/biographies/bios/arthur-c--hardy/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=www.optica.org}}