Alan Villiers

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Alan Villiers was an Australian-born author, photographer, and seafarer renowned for documenting and commanding traditional sailing ships in the early 20th century.

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Alan John Villiers 1
Alan Villiers canonical 1

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instanceOf human
photographer
seafarer
awardReceived Order of the British Empire
Royal Geographical Society Founder's Gold Medal
commanded Grace Harwar (barque)
Joseph Conrad (barque)
Pamir (barque)
Parma (barque)
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1903-09-23
dateOfDeath 1982-03-03
educatedAt University High School, Melbourne
fieldOfWork maritime history
sailing ships
genre nautical literature
hasChild Anne Villiers
Peter Villiers
Simon Villiers
knownFor photographic documentation of windjammers
preserving knowledge of square-rig seamanship
languageOfWorkOrName English
laterNationality British
memberOf Royal Geographical Society
militaryService Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
name Alan John Villiers
linked to: Alan Villiers
nationality Australian
notableFor commanding square-rigged sailing ships
documenting traditional sailing ships
notableWork By Way of Cape Horn
Give Me a Ship to Sail
Men, Ships and the Sea
The Set of the Sails
The War with Cape Horn
The Way of a Ship
Voyage of the Parma
occupation author
explorer
journalist
photographer
sailor
placeOfBirth Melbourne
placeOfDeath Oxford
positionHeld Commodore of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (wartime service)
religion Anglicanism
residence Oxford
spouse Nancie Drysdale

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Villiers hasNotableBearer Alan Villiers
Alan Villiers name Alan John Villiers
linked to: Alan Villiers