Jabez Hogg (1817–99)

Ophthalmic surgeon. Editor, Illustrated London News, 1850–66; Illustrated London Almanack, 1845–95. Studied at Charing Cross Hospital in 1845. Assistant to George James Guthrie, founder of the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, from 1855; surgeon, 1871–7. Vice-president, Medical Society of London, 1851–2. Prominent freemason.