Peter Tompkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Tompkins

American journalist

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1919

Place of Birth: Athens, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jan-2007

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Peter Tompkins (April 19, 1919 - January 23, 2007) was an American journalist, World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spy in Rome, and best-selling author.He was war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune and CBS during World War II.
In 1943 he was recruited by the OSS and utilized as an undercover agent in Italy in 1944.
He worked closely with Maurizio Giglio, an Italian policeman who was an OSS secret agent.
In 1962 he published his diary, titled A Spy in Rome (New York: Simon & Schuster). His best-known books are The Secret Life of Plants (1973), Secrets of the Great Pyramid (1971; paperback reprint, 1997), and Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids (1976).
His Secrets of the Great Pyramid, Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids and The Magic of Obelisks have become classics of "New Age" literature.