Helen Battles Sawyer-Hogg-Priestley began her research in the field of globular star clusters and their variable stars in graduate school, and in 1931 received her doctorate in Astronomy from Radcliffe. She worked with major telescopes in Victoria, BC, Tucson, Ariz. and Richmond Hill, Ont. Well known for the clarity of her discourses in lectures and on radio and television, Hogg has published numerous scholarly articles and the popular book The Stars Belong to Everyone. Minor Planet No. 2917 has been named Sawyer Hogg.
nāāe Sawyer; married Dr. F.S. Hogg, 1930 (d. 1951); married Prof F.E. L. Priestley, 1985; Joined staff of U of T, 1936; prof. emeritus, 1976; became a leading world expert in field of globular star clusters and rec'd Companion of the Order of Canada; Annie J. Cannon Prize, Am. Astronom. Soc., 1949; Rittenhouse Silver Medal, 1967; Award of Merit, City of Toronto, 1985; Sandford Fleming Medal, Roy. Can. Inst., 1985; wrote weekly column for the Toronto Star for 30 years; first Canadian to be awarded Klumpke-Roberts Award, 1983, in recognition of her contribution to the public's understanding of astronomy.
Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1988
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