Henry Roughton Hogg
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| Born | Henry Roughton Hogg 9 February 1846 |
| Died | 30 November 1923 (aged 77) Kensington, London |
| Occupation(s) | Arachnologist, businessman |
| Spouse | Adelaide Lashbrooke Elder |
Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist.
Biography
Henry Roughton Hogg was born in Stockwell, Surrey, he attended Uppingham School from 1859-1862, and later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA in 1868 and his MA in 1873.[1] After graduating he commenced his commercial career as a partner in the firm of Hogg and Robinson, merchant insurance agents.[2]
Hogg settled in Australia in 1873 and took up business in Melbourne, founding the merchant firm of Hogg, Robinson & Co., which acted as an agent for the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Co. Ltd. of London.[2][3] Hogg, Robinson & Co. also had a branch in Sydney.[2]
On 7 September 1881 Hogg was married to Adelaide Lashbrooke Elder at Kensington in London.[4]
Hogg was a member of the exclusive Melbourne Club. He was a keen sportsman and was involved in the formation of a cricket club and initiating a racquet court in Melbourne.[3]
Hogg was a specialist of the spiders of Australia and New Zealand. He was a fellow and honorary treasurer of the Royal Society of Victoria, as well as a fellow of both the Zoological and Botanical Societies of London.[5][1][6]
Hogg returned to England in 1900 and settled in the London district of Kensington. He became chairman of Sunderland District Electric Tramways Ltd. and a director of Sanderson, Murray & Elder Ltd.[2]
Henry Roughton Hogg died on 30 November 1923 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[1] He bequeathed his collections to the Natural History Museum in London.
Legacy
Hoggicosa, the genus of wolf spiders, is named after Hogg.[7]
Publications
Henry Roughton Hogg (author):
- 'On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901, pages 218–279.
- 'On some additions to the Australian spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 72, Issue II, 1902, pages 121–142.
- 'On some New Zealand Spiders', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 81, Issue 2, 1911, pages 297-313.
- 'Spiders from the Montebello Islands', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1914.
- 'Spiders collected by the Wollaston and British Ornithological Union Expeditions in Dutch New Guinea', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Series C Abstracts), 137, 1914, pages 56–58.
- 'XIV. Report on the Spiders collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea', The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 20, Issue 14, 1915, pages 425-484.[8]
References
- ^ a b c John Venn (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-108-03613-9.
- ^ a b c d Notable Londoners, an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men (1922), London: London Publishing Agency, page 42; accessed 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b John Barnes (2005), Socialist Champion: Portrait of the Gentleman as Crusader, Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, pages 158-159.
- ^ Marriages, The Australasian (Melbourne), 22 October 1881, page 8.
- ^ John Peile (2014). Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905. Cambridge University Press. p. 583. ISBN 978-1-107-42606-1.
- ^ Bonnet, Pierre (1945). Bibliographia Araneorum. Vol. 1. Toulouse: Frères Douladoure.
- ^ Whyte, Robert; Anderson, Greg (2017). A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia. Csiro Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 9780643107090.
- ^ Henry Roughton Hogg, Tarantupedia website; accessed 13 July 2024.
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