Ian C. Hannah

Born in Chichester on 16 December 1874, Ian Campbell Hannah was educated at Windlesham House School, Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Over the course of his career he worked in both academic and public life, serving as president of the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, from 1904 to 1906, and later as professor of church history at Oberlin Theological Seminary.

He also wrote widely, especially on history, landscape, and place. His books include Sussex, Berwick and the Lothians, Capitals of the Northlands, and The Story of Scotland in Stone. Several of his works were illustrated by his wife, the American artist Edith Brand.

After earlier political activity, he was elected Conservative MP for Bilston in 1935 and remained in Parliament until his death on 7 July 1944. His work suggests a writer deeply interested in how history lives on in buildings, regions, and local memory.