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.
- Occupation
- critic, jazz musician, novelist, radio personality
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Died
- January 4, 2005