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| parents = Percy and Florence Burdick Izzard | children = }} Ralph William Burdick Izzard, OBE (27 August 1910 – 2 December 1992) was an English journalist, author, adventurer and, during World War II, a British Naval Intelligence officer.〔''The Independent'', (Obituary - Ralph Izzard, 14 December 1992, Jan Morris ), Retrieved on 2009-08-25.〕 As a journalist, Izzard spent virtually his entire career with one newspaper, the ''Daily Mail''. After rising to the position of Berlin bureau chief, he remained a star of the paper for 31 years.〔 The stories he covered took him from Egypt to Algeria, Lebanon to Kenya, Korea and beyond.〔''Time Magazine'', (Upward in Sneakers, Issue: 26 July 1954 ), Retrieved 2009-08-24.〕 In addition to his duties with the ''Daily Mail'', he wrote four books chronicling his experiences in India, Nepal and the Middle East.〔''Gulf Daily News'', (A novel love affair with life in the Gulf, 9 December 2007 ), Rebecca Torr, Retrieved on 2009-09-10.〕 He is best known for the most famous of his exploits, when, as portrayed in his book ''The Innocent on Everest'', he set out on his own, without a compass or map, to pursue John Hunt's 1953 Everest expedition to its base camp at 18,000 ft.〔〔 During World War II, Izzard served with distinction as an officer with British Naval Intelligence and 30 Assault Unit.〔''Attain by Surprise: Capturing Top Secret Intelligence WW II'', David Nutting, p. 234, (D Colver, 2003) ISBN 978-0-9526257-2-8.〕 He received several awards and was appointed an OBE.〔''London Gazette'' ((Supplement), no. 36958, p. 1131, 23 February 1945 ). Retrieved 2009-08-24.〕 His tour of duty took place under the command of Ian Fleming, who based elements of his first novel ''Casino Royale'' and its protagonist James Bond on Lieutenant Commander Izzard and a card game in which he found himself playing poker against covert Nazi intelligence agents at a casino in Pernambuco in Brazil.〔The Life of Ian Fleming, John Pearson, p. 194-195, (Jonathan Cape, London, 1966) ISBN 978-1-85410-898-2〕 ==Early life== Born in Billericay, Essex on 27 August 1910 to Percy and Florence Burdick Izzard, Ralph Izzard was the youngest of the couple's two children. His sister, Floris, was born in 1907. His father, Percy Izzard, was the ''Daily Mail's'' highly respected gardening correspondent (claimed by Ralph to have been the inspiration of William Boot in the Evelyn Waugh novel ''Scoop'').〔 In 1919, Izzard entered Caldicott School, a preparatory school for boys near London, where he remained enrolled until 1924. Then, aged 13, he entered The Leys School, where, in addition to his studies, he played water-polo. In 1928, his term at The Leys School being complete, he went on to Queens' College, Cambridge and graduated in 1931. That same year he joined the staff at the ''Daily Mail''.〔The Innocent on Everest, Ralph Izzard, int., (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Izzard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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