Robert Whymant
Robert Whymant (29 November, 1944 - 26 December, 2004) was a British writer and reporter. During his time as a reporter he worked for the The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Telegraph.
Born in Luton, Whymant later went to Cambridge University, where he studied oriental languages. He later moved to Japan and in 1972 started to write for the major newspapers. He also wrote for newspapers in Australia and lectured at Waseda University in Tokyo.
In 1996 Whymant wrote a book about German spy Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Spy: Richard Sorge and the Tokyo Ring. He spent 20 years researching Sorge before he wrote the book.
Death
Whymant died while on holiday in Sri Lanka aged 60, he was washed away during the Asian Tsunami on 26 December, 2004.