Chapman Pincher

Chapman Pincher
Portrait by Jane Bown, 1987
Portrait by Jane Bown, 1987
BornHenry Chapman Pincher
(1914-03-29)29 March 1914
Ambala, Punjab Province, British India
Died5 August 2014(2014-08-05) (aged 100)
Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • historian
  • novelist
Alma materKing's College London
SubjectEspionage
Spouses3, including:
Constance Sylvia Wolstenholme
(m. 1965)
Children2; several stepchildren from previous marriages

Henry Chapman Pincher (29 March 1914 – 5 August 2014) was an English journalist, historian and novelist whose writing mainly focused on espionage and related matters, after some early books on scientific subjects.[1][2]

  1. ^ Jack, Ian (1 July 2011). "Chapman Pincher was Fleet Street's spycatcher. His secret? A good lunch". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ Charlotte Philby (16 February 2013). "I intend to die in the harness: Chapman Pincher is still on the hunt for spooks". The Independent.