Sapper
British writer
pseudonym of Herman Cyril Mcneile
born Sept. 28, 1888, Bodmin, Cornwall, Eng.
died Aug. 14, 1937, West Chiltington, Sussex
British soldier and novelist who won immediate fame with his thriller Bull-Dog Drummond (1920), subtitled “The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull.” Sapper published numerous popular sequels, but none had the impact and merit of the original.