I. B. (Ian Bernard) Stoughton Holborn

Born John Bernard Stoughton Holbourn on November 5, 1872, he was commonly known as Ian Holbourn. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Mill Hill, and later became a professor, lecturer, and writer with strong ties to both academia and public speaking.

Holbourn wrote under the name I. B. Stoughton Holborn and published work including poetry. He was also closely associated with Foula, the remote Shetland island of which he became laird, and that connection helped make him a distinctive literary and public figure in Scotland.

He survived the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, a dramatic event that remains one of the best-documented parts of his life. Holbourn died in 1935, leaving behind a life that combined scholarship, authorship, travel, and a deep attachment to place.