Home Writers Humphrey Carpenter Humphrey Carpenter Writer Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. Personal facts Birth dateApril 12, 1946 Birth placeOxford Date of deathJanuary 04, 2005 EducationKeble College Oxford facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer notable workMr Majeika Topical connections Antonia FraserWriter A. G. SteelCricketer Al AlvarezWriter A. A. MilneWriter Alan Barnes Musical artist Anthony BarberPolitician Alain de BottonWriter E. V. GordonWriter Christopher TolkienWriter Acker BilkMusical artist Alan Burridge Writer Humphrey Carpenter on Wikipedia Humphrey Carpenter External resources http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_january/05/carpenter.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1383352,00.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/books/19carpenter.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article408779.ece