Biography:Cyril Hogarth
Cyril Alfred Hogarth (22 January 1924 – 6 November 2006)[1] was a British physicist and chairman of South Bucks District Council.[2] A pioneer in the field of oxide semiconductors,[3] he was a professor, head of the physics department, and administrator at Brunel University London, where he worked for 31 years.[4][1]
Early life and education
Hogarth was born in 1924, and grew up in Tottenham, north London.[1] He was educated at Tottenham County School.[1] Hogarth earned a degree from the University of London.[1][2]
In 1948, he received a PhD from Queen Mary University of London,[4] studying with Professor J. P. Andrews.[3] That year, Hogarth's theoretical solution for determining the dependence of thermoelectric power of cadmium oxide on ambient oxygen pressure was published in Nature and in Philosophical Magazine.[3] He later received a doctor of science degree in 1977.[3]
Career
From 1943 to 1946, Hogarth worked on naval radar and countermeasures in the UK, Canada, the US and the Arctic.[4] After earning his PhD, he lectured at Chelsea College of Science and Technology and the University of Reading, before spending some years at the Royal Radar Establishment.[4]
Hogarth was "closely involved" in the founding of Brunel University London from 1958, its first professor of physics, head of its physics department, and its pro vice-chancellor for a year in 1980.[1][4][2]
In 1969, Hogarth was elected as vice-president of the Institute of Physics and the Physical Society.[5]
Hogarth retired from Brunel University in 1989, but continued his research and published articles regularly through the mid-1990s.[4] In 1990 and 1991 alone, he published 17 and 13 articles, respectively, in the Journal of Materials Science.[4] In addition to semiconductors, his research focused on materials and their properties.[4]
Personal life and death
In 1951, Cyril married Dr Audrey Hogarth (1926 – 2010), who had a doctorate in dairy bacteriology from Reading University.[6] The Hogarths lived in Gerrards Cross, where Audrey served as a magistrate for 29 years.[6] They had three children together: Celia Stuart-Lee, a teacher; Adrian Hogarth, a lawyer; and Yvonne, who died in 1994.[6]
Cyril Hogarth was chairman of the Gerrards Cross Conservative Association and served as a district councillor in South Bucks for 20 years.[2] He died on 6 November 2006, immediately after a parish council meeting, most likely from a heart attack, at the age of 82.[2]
Selected publications
- Alani, SKJ; Hogarth, CA; Elmalawany, RA (1985). Journal of Materials Science 20(2):661.
- Anastasiadis, C; Triantis, D; Hogarth, CA (2007). "Comments on the phenomena underlying pressure stimulated currents (PSC) in dielectric rock materials". Journal of Materials Science 42.
- Khan, MN; Harani, R; Ahmed, MM; Hogarth, CA (1985). Journal of Materials Science 20(6):2207.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Professor C.A. Hogarth". The Times. 15 January 2007. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-ca-hogarth-cnkdt869jk3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brunetti, Nic (10 November 2006). "World-renowned physicist dies". Bucks Free Press. https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/1015526.world-renowned-physicist-dies/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ray, Asim (2006). "Special Issue on oxides in electronics, dedicated to Cyril Hogarth". Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 17 (9): 647–649. doi:10.1007/s10854-006-0049-5. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10854-006-0049-5.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Carter, C Barry (1 April 2007). "Professor Cyril A Hogarth". Journal of Materials Science 42 (8): 2537. doi:10.1007/s10853-006-1471-z. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-006-1471-z. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "Report Suggests Regional Problem‐Solving Centers". https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/22/10/69/398181/Report-Suggests-Regional-Problem-Solving-Centers?redirectedFrom=fulltext.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dunhill, Lawrence (17 May 2010). "Community figure, Audrey Hogarth, dies aged 83". Bucks Free Press. https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8170177.community-figure-audrey-hogarth-dies-aged-83/.
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