1940s

At-Home Invitation

The President and Council of
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
have pleasure in inviting you and your friends to be present at our
Annual At-Home
on Friday, January 19, 1945 at 8 o'clock
In the Physics Building of the University of Toronto
Address by the Retiring President, A. Vibert Douglas, M.B.E., Ph.D.
"Astronomy, Physics, and Philosophy"
Demonstration of the
Electron Microscope by S.G. Ellis, B.Sc., M.A.
Followed by a Social Hour and Refreshments

198 COLLEGE ST., TORONTO

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At-Home Invitation

The President and Council of
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
have pleasure in inviting you and your friends to be
present at the
Annual At-Home
on Friday, January 22, 1943 at 8 o'clock
Address by the Retiring President, Professor Frank S. Hogg
Recent Progress in Astronomy
DEMONSTRATIONS OF FLUORESCENCE AND PHOSPHORESCENCE BY
PROFESSOR D. S. AINSLlE
PRESENTATION OF THE CHANT MEDAL
A SOCIAL HOUR AND REFRESHMENTS

PHYSICS BUILDING,
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

E. J. A. KENNEDY. GENERAL SECRETARY

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At-Home Invitation

The President and Council of
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Request the Pleasure of the Company of Yourself and Friends at the
Annual At-Home
In the Physics Building of the University of Toronto
on Tuesday evening, January 21st, at 8 o'clock
The Retiring President's Address by J.A. Pearce, M.A., Ph.D.
Victoria, B.C.
Subject: "The Advance of Astronomy, 1890 to 1940"
(ILLUSTRATED)
Presentation of the Chant Medal to Bertram J. Topham
Demonstrations illustrating the use of Electrical and Radio

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F.S. Hogg

This is none other than Frank Scott Hogg, Ph.D. (Harvard), Professor of Astronomy, etc, etc, and also the husband of Helen Hogg. I am sure you can find an obituary in the Journal [JRASC 45,1]. Frank had a weak heart and died prematurely in 1949, I believe -- otherwise he would have been the third Director of DDO. It is a good picture of him, showing his piercing but firendly eyes.

Photo by R. Northcott, Nov. 1950. Note by D.A. MacRae, 1998.

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R.E. Williamson

This man, with the Mephistophelian/Orson Wellsian visage, is Ralph E. Williamson, Ph.D. Chicago, a student of Chandrasekhar. Ralph came to UofT/DDO in 1946 or so. He and I had been great friends together at Cornell. At the start of WWII, we found ourselves teaching navigation to US Navy Midshipmen recruits. Then I went to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ralph stayed on for a bit, working with Charles Seeger onthe Cornell radio astronomy project (now Aricebo) that Charles initiated.

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W. Hossack

This is Wiliam (Bill) Hossack. Bill got a Ph.D. at DDO designing and building an oscilloscopic spectrophotometer for analysing the spectral plates taken with the 74-inch. He went on to take a position with the Department of Defence in Ottawa. On July 10, 1961 he and his wife and small son were returning from Montréal on the infamous old highway between Montreal and Ottawa. Their car collided head on with another and both Bill and his wife were killed, though the boy survived. A real tragedy. Both were accomplished musicians.

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W. Hossack

This may be J. Beverley Oke as a student, before he went to Princeton for his Ph.D., after which he came back to the staff of the Department of Astronomy. He left (1955?) to go to Cal Tech. He lives in Victoria now and if you were to ask him if it is he I am sure he would reply. His address is DAO, etc. A better photocopy of his face would have helped me perhaps.

Photo by R. Northcott, Nov. 1950. Note by D.A. MacRae, 1998.

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