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Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram MC DLit (5 May 1877 – 8 January 1963) was a publishing entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the editor of ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' (September 1899 – September 1901), ''The Sketch'', and ''The Illustrated London News'' from 1900 to 1963.〔(Magazine Data ) Galactic Central, 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.〕 Ingram was credited with introducing greater use of photography in the News and introducing the Rembrandt Regalio process which enabled faster printing of the paper.〔(''A History of The Illustrated London News'' by Edward B. Orme 1986 ) iln.org.uk, 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014. (Archived here. )〕 ==Life== He was born in London the second of three sons to Sir William Ingram, 1st Baronet, and Mary Eliza Collingwood Stirling (d.1925).〔http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34103〕 Ingram was Chairman of Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., Director of Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Ltd, and President of Illustrated Newspapers Ltd.〔(''Who's Who 2014 and Who Was Who'' ) A & C Black, 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.〕 These had been founded by his grandfather, Herbert Ingram. During the First World War he had a distinguished service record. He joined as a Lieutenant in the East Kent Yeomanry then transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery in France. He rose to the rank of Captain. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in 1917 and was three times Mentioned in Dispatches.〔http://www.thepeerage.com/p61665.htm#i616649〕 He was also Hon. Vice-President, Society for Nautical Research, Hon. Keeper of Drawings, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and Hon. Adviser on pictures and drawings, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.〔 He was knighted in 1950 and received the French Legion d'Honneur in the same year. In 1957 (to mark his 80-th birthday) he presented 700 seascape drawings by the Van de Velde family to the Greenwich Maritime Museum.〔http://www.jstor.org/stable/874036?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents〕 Oxford University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLit) in 1960.〔 He died at home, Great Bednor Manor, in Buckinghamshire on 8 January 1963. After death he left a substantial number of paintings (mainly seascapes and naval scenes) to the Greenwich Maritime Museum now known as The Ingram Collection. Major donations of art and archaeological artefacts were also made to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Birmingham Art Gallery and the Royal Scottish Museum.He also donated the painting Angelique et Medor to the Louvre in 1953.〔http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=1108〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Ingram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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