Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, author and radio broadcaster. He was born, died, and lived practically all of his life, in the city of Oxford. As a child he lived in the Warden's Lodgings at Keble College, Oxford, where his father, Harry James Carpenter, was Warden until his appointment as Bishop of Oxford. On leaving the Dragon School in Oxford, Humphrey was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, but returned to study English at Keble. Wikipedia
HUMPHREY CARPENTERS early death deprives the world of a prolific biographer, BBC radio of a uniquely knowledgeable and lively broadcaster, and the city of Oxford of a loyal son. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1427093,00.html
Our friendship was cemented a few weeks later when we had dinner at a new restaurant in Summertown, north Oxford. The patron had boxed off each table with partitions, which gave the impression - but not the auditory fact - of privacy. As the wine flowed www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1383352,00.html
Tributes have been paid to broadcaster and writer Humphrey Carpenter who has died aged 58. www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_j...
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