Graham Bartram

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Graham Michael Pàdruig Bartram
Graham Bartram (December 2006)
Born	July 18, 1963 (1963-07-18) (age 44) Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Occupation	Secretary-General for Congresses of FIAV; Chief Vexillologist of the Flag Institute, engineer

Graham Bartram is a British vexillologist (flag researcher), a vexillographer (flag designer), and is currently Secretary-General for Congresses of FIAV (Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques). He is also the Chief Vexillologist of the Flag Institute and maintains the World Flag Database. Amongst vexillologists, Bartram is held in high esteem for his research, design work, and the quality of his artwork and online graphics.

Graham Bartram was born on 18 July 1963 in Montrose, Angus, in Scotland. He grew up in Perth, Dundee, Belfast; Accra, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; Montrose, Angus; and Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It was whilst living in Accra that he developed his life-long interest in flags. He was made a Fellow of the Flag Institute in 2005 for his services to the Institute.

Bartram is the author of the book "British Flags and Emblems". He is a consultant to the British Government on flags and edits the British military flag book (now a CD-ROM) "BR20 Flags of All Nations". As part of his work on BR20 he was responsible for the redesign of several British Overseas Territories' flags in 1999. He also designed the flags of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Tristan da Cunha and Antarctica.

Although he is best known for his expertise in flags, Bartram is a software engineer and was responsible for several important programs for the BBC Micro and, more recently, has worked extensively in interactive media. The World Flag Database web site is an example of his work.

His most famous work is probably the design of the Antarctic flag. Though unofficial, this flag is largely regarded as the Antarctic flag. It portrays a white Antarctica (with no boundaries shown)on a light blue background