Family and Education
Pincher was born in Ambala, Punjab. His parents were Richard Chapman Pincher, a major in the British army and Helen Foster, an actress. His father's family was from north Yorkshire and his father was serving in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in India when Chapman was born. His father later owned a sweetshop in Darlington and a pub on the River Tees.
He was educated at Darlington Grammar School and King's College London. His first teaching job as a physics master was at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, between 1938 and 1940, before he joined the army, where he became a technical officer in the Rocket Division, Ministry of Supply, 1943-45. He joined the Daily Express in 1946 as a science and defence correspondent.
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