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A 1926 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, after graduation she went on to Harvard Observatory to work with Annie Jump Cannon and Harlow Shapley. on star clusters. She received her doctorate in 1931 from Radcliffe College.
She married husband Frank Scott Hogg in 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G, and in 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo moved to OntarioOntario ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains Capital Toronto Largest City Toronto Area Total % fresh water 4th largest(2nd lgst prov. 1 076 395 km² 14. 7% Population Total (2001) Density Rank where she took a job at the David Dunlap ObservatoryThe David Dunlap Observatory hosts the largest optical telescope in Canada. The observatory is located in the Town of Richmond Hill, north of the City of Toronto, and is part of the University of Toronto. Astronomer C. Tom) Bolton, who published the first, where Frank Hogg became director in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar until his death in 1951.
Over the next six decades, she published numerous papers, and established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor, she married F. E. L. Priestley (Francis Ethelbert Louis Priestley) ( 1905– 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.), a professor emeritus of English at the University of Toronto, who died in 1988. She died of a heart attack in 1993.
She won the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in 1949 and the Klumpke-Roberts Award in 1983.
The asteroid 2917 Sawyer Hogg is named after her.