Jane Barbour
Jane Morris Barbour, née Galbraith (1922–2012) was an English writer and social campaigner. She wrote on African art, particularly African textiles, and on the Arts and Crafts movement.[1]
Life
Jane Galbraith was the daughter of the Oxford historian
Oxford University. She married Michael Barbour, a fellow geography student, in 1946.[1]
The couple moved to
Probation Service, helping to establish literacy classes for ex-offenders and their families.[1]
Barbour and her husband retired to
Quaker work in the Palestinian territories. She died, aged 89, in 2012.[1]
Photographs taken by Barbour in 1965-1969 are held at the Smithsonian Institution.[2]
Works
- (ed. with D. J. Murray and E. O. Kowe) The progress of Nigerian public administration; a report on research. Ibadan: Institute of Administration, University of Ife, 1968.
- (ed. with Doig Simmonds) Adirẹ cloth in Nigeria: the preparation and dyeing of indigo patterned cloths among the Yoruba. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1971.
- (ed. with Simiyu Wandibba) Kenyan pots and potters. Nairobi: Oxford University Press in association with the Kenya Museum Society, 1989.
References
- ^ a b c d Sarah Hymas, Jane Barbour obituary, The Guardian, 14 June 2012.
- ^ Jane Barbour photographs, EEPA 1998-009, between 1965-1969