Jabez Hogg

Jabez Hogg was a photographer and physician (1817–1899). He was born at Chatham.

Jabez Hogg in brief

Born
1817
Died
1899
Known for
photographer and physician
Place of birth
Chatham
Contents

Identity and origins

His recorded language was English.

He married Mary Ann Davis and Jessie Terraneau. 4 children are recorded: George Albert Beaty Hogg, Mary Jessie Mason Hogg, James Walter Scott Hogg and Ellen Elizabeth Davies Hogg.

Recognition and collections

Jabez Hogg received Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Work by Jabez Hogg is held by Australian National Maritime Museum and J. Paul Getty Museum.

Identity

What the record establishes about Jabez Hogg.

Jabez Hogg is recorded as having received Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 124 objects associated with this heading. Jabez Hogg is recorded as photographer and physician. Open Library catalogues 58 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What Jabez Hogg produced.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 36 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Jabez Hogg may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Jabez Hogg is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q18529246.

Catalogued works

50 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1854 to 1892.

Observations on the vegetable parasites infesting the human skin. The microscope. The microscope : its history, construction, and application. The microscope: its history, construction, and applications. The microscope; its history, construction and application .. Y cyfarwyddwr meddygol teuluaidd;yn cynnwys hyfforddiadau i'w dilyn mewn achosion o glefyd neu ddamwain. The ophthalmoscope. Hydrocephalic amaurosis. Color blindness. Cataract and its treatment. Investigations into the histological and pathological anatomy of the urethra and glans penis, also enchondroma of the testicle. A manual of ophthalmoscopic surgery. Further observations on the movements of diatoms. The fungoid origin of disease, and spontaneous generation. On gnats' scales. Arsenic and arsenical domestic poisoning. Inflammation of the eye and injuries to health by arsenical wall-paper poisoning. Life and death in our mines. Phases in the developmental history of infusorial, animal life. Pseudo-helminths. Arsenical poisoning by wall-papers and other manufactured articles. Testing for colour-blindness in the mercantile marine. Homer colour-blind. Mycetoma. Skin diseases, an inquiry into their parasitic origin, and connection with eye affections. Elements of experimental and natural philosophy. The cure of the cataract and other eye affections. A practical manual of photography. A manual of ophthalmoscopic surgery : being a practical treatise on the use of the ophthalmoscope in diseases of the eye. Cataract, and its treatment, medical and surgical. A microscopical inquiry into the vegetable parasites infesting the human skin. A search for a characteristic organism of cancer. A microscopical examination of certain waters submitted to Jabez Hogg. The microscope : its history, construction, and application, being a familiar introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of microscopical science. The cure of cataract and other eye affections. An inquiry into a characteristic organism of diphtheria. A parasitic or germ theory of disease. The microscope: its history, construction, and application. Skin diseases. Colour blindness. Arsenical wall-papers and cretonnes. The movements of diatoms. Illustrated London Almanack, dated 1886–91, illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 60.502.7(4). Jabez Hogg. Photograph by Mayall., held by Wellcome Collection. Jabez Hogg; The opthalmoscope..., held by Wellcome Collection. Hogg, Jabez (1817-1899), dated 1854 - 1882, held by Wellcome Collection. Colour blindness / by Jabez Hogg., dated 1863, held by Wellcome Collection. Homer colour-blind / by Jabez Hogg., dated 1885, held by Wellcome Collection. On gnats' scales / by Jabez Hogg., dated 1872, held by Wellcome Collection. The movements of diatoms / by Jabez Hogg., dated [1892], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 124 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Hogg, Jabez (1817–1899), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Hogg, Jabez, (4 April 1817–23 April 1899), consulting ophthalmic surgeon, Who Was Who, 2007. Jabez Hogg Daguerreotype, History of Photography, 1977. Jabez Hogg, ‘Introduction’, in The Microscope, Victorian Material Culture, 2022.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jabez Hogg studied at Rochester Grammar School. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. Membership is recorded of Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Work by Jabez Hogg is recorded in the collections of Australian National Maritime Museum and J. Paul Getty Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

Chronology

  1. 1817Jabez Hogg born at Chatham.
  2. 1817Jabez Hogg was born in 1817 at Chatham.
  3. 1854Microscope (1854) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  4. 1899Jabez Hogg died.
  5. 1899Jabez Hogg died in 1899.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Hogg, Jabez (1817–1899), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Hogg, Jabez, (4 April 1817–23 April 1899), consulting ophthalmic surgeon, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Jabez Hogg Daguerreotype, History of Photography, 1977

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Jabez Hogg, ‘Introduction’, in The Microscope, Victorian Material Culture, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Mr. Jabez Hogg, BMJ, 1899

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Jabez Hogg (Internet Archive), 58 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q18529246: Jabez Hogg

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 16 digitised items catalogued under Jabez Hogg as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Jabez Hogg (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 124 works naming Jabez Hogg.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    “Jabez Hogg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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