Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (1946–2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. Carpenter was born, died, and lived practically all of his life, in the city of Oxford. His father was the Rt. Rev. Harry James Carpenter. His mother was Urith Monica Trevelyan, who had training in the Fröbel teaching method. As a child, he lived in the Warden’s Lodgings at Keble College, Oxford, where his father served as Warden until his appointment as Bishop of Oxford. He was educated at the Dragon School Oxford, and Marlborough College, and then read English at Keble.
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Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.
—Humphrey Carpenter
Topics: Autobiography, Books
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