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Hogg, Arthur Robert (1903 - 1966)

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Born: 25 November 1903 Creswick, Victoria, Australia. Died: 31 March 1966.

Arthur Robert Hogg was an assistant at the Mount Stromlo Observatory 1921-61 and Deputy Director 1961-66. His advice to B.J. Bok, then director of Mount Stromlo Observatory, on the selection of possible sites for a major telescope in Australia resulted in the choice of Siding Spring as the site for the Anglo-Australian 150-inch telescope.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1923 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1925 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1927 - 1929 Assistant Supervisor of Research at Broken Hill Associated Smelters in Port Pirie, South Australia
1929 - 1961 Assistant at Mount Stromlo Observatory
1940 - 1946 Physicist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong Victoria
1947 - 1966 Convenor of the National Committee on Astronomy
1950 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1954 President of the Royal Society of Canberra
1954 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1961 - 1964 President of the Commission 6 on Astronomical Telegrams, International Astronomical Union
1961 - 1966 Deputy Director of Mount Stromlo Observatory
1964 Chairman of the Australian Institute of Physics, Australian Capital Territory branch

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Published Sources

'Hogg, Arthur Robert', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000501p.htm. [ Details ]

'Hogg, Arthur Robert', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/hogg.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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