Alan Moorehead
Alan Moorehead | |
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Moorehead (left) with Alexander Clifford during the North African Campaign | |
| Born | Alan McCrae Moorehead 22 July 1910 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 29 September 1983 (aged 73) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Hampstead Cemetery |
| Education | Scotch College, Melbourne |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Spouse |
Lucy Milner (m. 1940) |
| Children | Caroline Moorehead |
Alan McCrae Moorehead, AO, OBE (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, 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.