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Humphrey Carpenter
British writer and broadcaster (1946-2005) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 58
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.
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