Alastair Hetherington

Alastair Hetherington
Born
Hector Alastair Hetherington

(1919-10-31)31 October 1919
Glamorgan, Wales
Died3 October 1999(1999-10-03) (aged 79)
EducationCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist and editor
Spouse(s)Miranda Oliver (1957–1978)
Sheila Janet Cameron (1979–1999)
Children4
FamilySir Hector Hetherington (father)
Alistair Hetherington's grave, Tillicoultry

Hector Alastair Hetherington (31 October 1919 – 3 October 1999) was a British journalist, newspaper editor and academic. For nearly twenty years he was the editor of The Guardian, and is regarded as one of the leading editors of the second half of the twentieth century.[1]

  1. ^ "David Astor". The Independent. London. 8 December 2001. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.