What is Alexander Frater?
{{Infobox writer | alt = Alexander Frater | birth_name = Alexander Russell Frater | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|1|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Port Vila]], [[New Hebrides]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|1|1937|1|3|df=y}} | nationality = British and Australian<ref>Although born to British parents, Frater also holds an Australian passport as shown in {{YouTube|Hv8PDWHNOfA|The Last African Flying Boat}}</ref> | citizenship = | education = [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]], Melbourne | alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]] | notableworks = | occupation = Writer and journalist | spouse = | partner = Marlis (d. 2011) | children = 2 | relations = | awards = Numerous, listed below left }} '''Alexander Russell Frater''' (3 January 1937 – 1 January 2020) was a British-Australian travel writer and [[journalist]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Frater |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/9254/alexander-frater |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> He was known as 'the funniest man who wrote for [[Punch (magazine)|''Punch'']] since the war'. Frater was best known for his books and for documentaries he wrote and produced for the [[BBC]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Frater author biography |url=https://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1449/alexander-frater |website=BookBrowse |access-date=22 June 2019 |language=en |date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Frater |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2600123/ |website=IMDb |access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frater, Alexander}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:British journalists]] [[Category:Australi