Eddie Chapman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eddie Chapman

English spy

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1914

Place of Birth: Burnopfield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1997

Profession: double agent, spy

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Eddie Chapman

  • Edward Arnold Chapman (16 November 1914 – 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy.
  • During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent.
  • His British Secret Service handlers codenamed him Agent Zigzag in acknowledgement of his rather erratic personal history.
  • He had a number of criminal aliases known by the British police, amongst them Edward Edwards, Arnold Thompson and Edward Simpson.
  • His German codename was Fritz or, later, after endearing himself to his German contacts, its diminutive form of Fritzchen.

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