LORIMER, David Lockhart Robertson (b. Strathmartine, near Dundee, Scotland, 24 December 1876; d. London, 26 February 1962), British Iranist and military and intelligence officer (see SOAS website for photographs). He was the son of Rev. Robert Lorimer. In 1910 he married Emily Martha Overend (1881-1949), who was a trained linguist in Germanic languages. She became his close co-worker: almost all the linguistic materials written down by Lorimer were typed and carefully collated by her. Lieutenant-Colonel D. L. R. Lorimer belonged to the category of Western diplomats and political and military agents who, apart from their main work, contributed much to the study of the regions where duty took them.