In 1929 he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he read History and graduated with a Master of Arts.
After teaching in the United Kingdom and New Zealand he became senior English master at Knox Grammar School in Sydney.
In 1944 he was appointed Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School and remained in that position for 31 years.
In 1974, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his service to education.
[3][4] Hogg’s youngest daughter, Elizabeth Fensham, is a children and young adults’ author.