James Wilson Hogg (1909-1997) was a
New Zealand-born
headmaster of a
CAS School in
Australia
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and
chairman
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of the
.
Biography
Jim Hogg was born in
Wellington,
New Zealand, and educated at
Scots College, Wellington, and
New Zealand University. In 1929 he entered
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
, where he read
History and graduated with a
Master of Arts. After teaching in the United Kingdom and New Zealand he became senior English master at
Knox Grammar School in Sydney. In 1944 he was appointed Headmaster of
Trinity Grammar School and remained in that position for 31 years. In 1974 he was made a Member of the
Order of the British Empire for his service to education. Hogg’s youngest daughter,
Elizabeth Fensham, is a children and young adults’ author.
MJA
Retrieved 5 September 2018.
References
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1909 births
1997 deaths
Australian headmasters
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Chairmen of the Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia
People educated at Scots College, Wellington
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
University of New Zealand alumni
New Zealand emigrants to Australia