Margery Perham
British historian and writer
Dame Margery Freda Perham DCMG CBE FBA was a British historian of, and writer on, African affairs. She was known especially for the intellectual force of her arguments in favour of British decolonisation in the 1950s and 1960s. Wikipedia
Born: September 6, 1895, Bury, United Kingdom
Died: February 19, 1982 (age 86 years), Burcot, United Kingdom
Books: Native administration in Nigeria, Lugard, The colonial reckoning, and more
Edited works: The Diaries of Lord Lugard, Ten Africans, African Discovery: An Anthology of Exploration, and more
Education: St Hugh's College (1914–1917)