Alan Moorehead

Alan Moorehead

AO, OBE
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
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(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) by John Lack". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 June 2024.