James Lester Hogg

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James Lester Hogg (born March 10, 1931 in Birmingham ; † November 18, 2018 in Seeham ) was a British Anglicist and historian of religion .

Life

He completed his studies in London and Cambridge with the degrees BA, MA and Bachelor in Philosophy. He was preparing for his doctorate in history at the University of Friborg when he entered the Chartreuse de Sélignac on June 23, 1961. He made his profession on June 24, 1964. He was sent to the Certosa di Farneta as a guest on November 22, 1965 . In order to follow his actual vocation as a historical researcher, especially in religious questions, he left the order on June 24, 1968. In 1971 he brilliantly defended his doctoral thesis in medieval history at the University of Salzburg on medieval Carthusian ceremonies and in 1981 submitted his habilitation thesis in English literature on Robert Browning and the Victorian theater. Hogg subsequently made a name for himself as a historian of the Carthusian Order. He has been the editor of the Analecta Cartusiana series ( ISSN  0253-1593 ) since 1970 , in which he has published more than 300 books, and has written a study on the architecture and history of the Charterhouse of Pavia , which has received widespread attention.

In 1991 he, who taught in Salzburg from 1971 , was appointed professor at the University of Salzburg . Hogg, who lived in Seeham , also appeared in Salzburg as the editor of numerous books. His numerous scholarly publications - more than 400 - dealt with contemporary British literature, Elizabethan literature, romantic poetry and the drama of the Restoration period.

Between 1994 and 2000, Hogg was also the co-editor of the literary magazine The Poet's Voice . He was the owner and publisher of the academic series Salzburg Studies in English Literature . He also wrote numerous articles in the Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon (BBKL). He has received numerous awards for his scientific work, for example in 2006 by French President Jacques Chirac , who made him Knight of the Legion of Honor . The federal state of Lower Austria honored him with the Great Decoration, the Diocese of St. Pölten with the Order of Hippolytus in gold.

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  1. ^ Obituary The Hermits of Saint Bruno, accessed November 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ See ZDB -ID 184627-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Hogg, James Lester
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hogg, James; Hogg, Aelred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British English scholar and historian of religion
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham
DATE OF DEATH 18th November 2018
Place of death Seeham