British-Australian journalist and travel writer (1937–2020)
Alexander Frater
Born
Alexander Russell Frater (1937-01-03)3 January 1937 Port Vila, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu)
Died
1 January 2020(2020-01-01) (aged 82)
Occupation
Writer and journalist
Nationality
British and Australian
Education
Scotch College, Melbourne
Alma mater
University of Melbourne
Notable awards
Numerous, listed below left
Partner
Marlis (d. 2011)
Children
2
Alexander Russell Frater (3 January 1937 – 1 January 2020[1]) was a British travel writer and journalist.[2] Described by Miles Kington as 'the funniest man who wrote for Punch since the war', Frater is best known for his various books and for documentaries he wrote and produced for the BBC and ABC.[3][4]
^Chesshyre, Robert (5 January 2020). "Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^"Alexander Frater". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^"Alexander Frater author biography". BookBrowse. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^"Alexander Frater". IMDb. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
Alexander Russell Frater (3 January 1937 – 1 January 2020) was a British travel writer and journalist. Described by Miles Kington as 'the funniest man...
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Note: these awards were presented in the year in question. 1 January – AlexanderFrater, travel writer and journalist (born 1937 in Vanuatu) 6 January – Timoshenko...
39, English footballer (Barnsley, Cardiff City, Southend United). AlexanderFrater, 82, travel writer and journalist. 3 January Derek Acorah, 69, self-styled...
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calls them "a couple of pansies". Critics such as the travel writer AlexanderFrater have noted that while the book is held in extremely high esteem, and...
playwright and actor George Alexander Sullivan used the name Alex Mathews; in the context of his mystical activities he used the name Frater Aureolis. From 1925–1928...
1981–1989 Richard Davies – actor John Ewart – AFI award-winning actor AlexanderFrater – writer and chief travel correspondent, The Observer Sir Roy Grounds...
Rome: Collegii S. Bonaventurae, 1951–1957. Alexander of Hales. Quaestiones disputatae antequam esset frater. Edited by the Quaracchi Fathers. Bibliotheca...
Simla Mark Shand – Elephant Tales Redmond O'Hanlon – A River in Borneo AlexanderFrater – Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder Patrick Leigh Fermor – Loose...
Vanuatu: Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu. As his grandson AlexanderFrater reports. Frater, A.R. (2004). Tales from the Torrid Zone. Vintage Books/Picador...
Varghese is detailed in the travelogue Chasing the Monsoon written by AlexanderFrater, the Travel Correspondent of The Observer, London. Varghese introduced...
Best Novel Award at the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 1 January AlexanderFrater, travel writer and journalist (b. 1937) Barry McDonald, rugby union...
Spiesberger, Frater U.D., Frater Oriphiel, etc. Flowers, Fire & Ice, page 23-24 Flowers, Fire & Ice, page 24 Flowers, Fire & Ice, page 26 Frater Bonisagus...
Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020. Frater, Patrick (January 27, 2021). "BTS Agency Big Hit Entertainment to Invest...
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