Doreen Ingrams
Doreen Ingrams | |
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| Born | January 24, 1906 United Kingdom |
| Died | July 25, 1997 United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Colonial Figure, Ethnographer, BBC Senior Assistant |
| Years active | 1930s–1967 |
| Known for | A Time in Arabia (1970), Survey of Social and Economic Conditions in the Aden Protectorate (1949), Palestine Papers 1917-1922: Seeds of Conflict (1972) |
| Spouse | Harold Ingrams |
| Children | Leila Ingrams |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1940), Lawrence of Arabia Medal (1939), Sir Richard Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1993) |
Doreen Ingrams (24 January 1906 - 25 July 1997) was a British writer and colonial figure whose pioneering survey-work in South Arabia led to a memoir, A Time in Arabia (1970), and to "The Ingrams' Peace," a truce between warring tribes in the Hadhramaut in southern Arabia.