Cyril Hogarth

Cyril Alfred Hogarth (22 January 1924 – 6 November 2006) he was a professor, head of the physics department, and administrator at Brunel University London, where he worked for 31 years.

Early life and education Hogarth was born in 1924, and grew up in Tottenham, north London.

In 1969, Hogarth was elected as vice-president of the Institute of Physics and the Physical Society.

Hogarth retired from Brunel University in 1989, but continued his research and published articles regularly through the mid-1990s. The Hogarths lived in Gerrards Cross, where Audrey served as a magistrate for 29 years. They had three children together: Celia Stuart-Lee, a teacher; Adrian Hogarth, a lawyer; and Yvonne, who died in 1994.

Cyril Hogarth was chairman of the Gerrards Cross Conservative Association and served as a district councillor in South Bucks for 20 years. He died on 6 November 2006, immediately after a parish council meeting, most likely from a heart attack, at the age of 82.

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.