Hort (born 10 October 1941)[1] is an Honorary Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh[2] Ingram served as master of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, between 2000 and 2007.
After graduating from Yardley Grammar School, he apprenticed as a gardener, but soon decided to study botany at a university.
He selected the University of Hull because it enabled him to read botany in combination with geology and psychology, other nascent interests of his.
After receiving a BSc in botany in 1963, Ingram stayed on at Hull to complete a PhD in Plant Pathology.
During his PhD he worked as Robertson's research student and studied the interaction of Phytophthora infestans with tissue cultures of potato.