Martin Louis Alan Gompertz (23 February 1886 – 29 September 1951)[1] was a British soldier and writer, born in India, also known by the pseudonym of 'Ganpat', which was the nearest his Indian troops could get to pronouncing 'Gompertz'.
He started his writing career with articles for Blackwood's Magazine on his service in East Africa during the First World War.
He was an Anglo Indian soldier, and his stories reflect his military and frontier background.
He retired in 1939 with the rank of Brigadier,[2] ending his days in the town of Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor, where he could pursue his passion for fishing.
His books include the following titles:[3] He also wrote two travel books on Ladakh, the Tibetan enclave in North-West Kashmir, "The Road to Lamaland" and "Magic Ladakh",[3] as well as a travel brochure titled, "The North-West Frontier of India" for the Indian State Railways.