Alan Moorehead

Alan Moorehead

Moorehead (left) with Alexander Clifford during the North African Campaign
Moorehead (left) with Alexander Clifford during the North African Campaign
BornAlan McCrae Moorehead
(1910-07-22)22 July 1910
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died29 September 1983(1983-09-29) (aged 73)
London, England, United Kingdom
Resting placeHampstead Cemetery
EducationScotch College, Melbourne
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Spouse
Lucy Milner
(m. 1940)
ChildrenCaroline Moorehead

Alan McCrae Moorehead, AO, OBE (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories,[1] most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962). Australian-born, he lived in England, and Italy, from 1937.

  1. ^ "Alan McCrae Moorehead (1910–1983)". Alan McCrae Moorehead (1910–1983) by John Lack. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 June 2024.