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
editHogarth 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
editFrom 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
editIn 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Professor C.A. Hogarth". The Times. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Brunetti, Nic (10 November 2006). "World-renowned physicist dies". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Ray, Asim (2006). "Special Issue on oxides in electronics, dedicated to Cyril Hogarth" (PDF). Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 17 (9): 647–649. doi:10.1007/s10854-006-0049-5. S2CID 136879133 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Carter, C Barry (1 April 2007). "Professor Cyril A Hogarth". Journal of Materials Science. 42 (8): 2537. doi:10.1007/s10853-006-1471-z. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Report Suggests Regional Problem‐Solving Centers". Physics Today. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Dunhill, Lawrence (17 May 2010). "Community figure, Audrey Hogarth, dies aged 83". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 10 June 2023.