James Myles Hogge
British politician
Died when: 55 years 191 days (666 months)Star Sign: Aries
James Myles Hogge (19 April 1873 – 27 October 1928) was a British social researcher and Liberal politician.Hogge was educated at the Edinburgh Normal School, Moray House School of Education, and the University of Edinburgh, where he was president of the Liberal Association.
Hogge at first wanted to be teacher.He began as pupil teacher in Edinburgh and was a 1st class King's Scholar at Moray House Training College, Edinburgh but he then qualified as a preacher in the United Free Church of Scotland.
However, after engaging in work in the Edinburgh slums, he changed career again to concentrate on social work and research; first in Edinburgh, then in York with Joseph Rowntree and his son Seebohm.
On 4 February 1905, Hogge married Florence Rebecca Metcalfe, a widow from Malton in Yorkshire.They had one son and two daughters.
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