John H. Hodgson

John H. Hodgson (Sept. 24 1913 - Jan. 8 2011) was a seismologist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Family
One of his three children is the singer-songwriter Sneezy Waters.

Education
He held degrees in Applied Mathematics and in Geophysics.

Career
He worked in industry from 1936 to 1944. He then became Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto for several years, then held various positions as a seismologist or manager with the Dominion Observatory and Canadian federal government from 1949 to 1973, and was Chief Seismologist with a UNESCO project from 1973 to 1979.