A British historian’s pursuit of love, history in Cordillera

BAGUIO CITY—Scholars of Cordillera history often reflect on the insights of British historian Howard T. Fry, author of the 1983 book “A History of the Mountain Province.” Fry, who died in 2023 at the age of 103, pursued his research while courting Benguet-born Georgiana Caoili Alipio, a Philippine Airlines stewardess he met in Mindanao. Georgiana