Helen Sawyer Hogg
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Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astronomical organizations
Dr. Helen Sawyer Hogg, at a table in her office, studies a photographic slide taken of one of her favourite variable stars.
Lowell High School, where Helen graduated at 15 years old
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory c. 1900–1925
David Dunlap Observatory, 1935
Frank Scott Hogg
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Frank Scott Hogg was a Canadian astronomer. Hogg was born in Preston, Ontario to Dr. James Scott Hogg and Ida Barberon. After earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, Hogg recei
Helen Sawyer Hogg
…section of the Royal Society of Canada", as well as "the first female president of the Royal Canadian Institute (1964–1965)". In 1930, she married Frank Scott Hogg, a fellow astronomy graduate student at Harvard, and the two moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1931. She gave birth to the couple's daughter…
Frank Scott Hogg