Richard Whittington

Richard Whittington (12 February 1948 – 3 January 2011), was a British food writer. Early life Whittington was born on 12 February 1948, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, to Jeffery and Florence Whittington, the youngest of four children. He attended Essex University for a year, studying American literature, but left to begin a career in journalism. At the age of 25, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and in his last 20 years he required the use of a wheelchair. Personal life In 1969, he met and married Jane Eckersley. They had a son, and split up in 1972. His second wife, Pippa Steel, died in 1992.