Charles Bean

Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), also commonly identified as C. E. W. Bean, was an Australian historian and one of Australia's official war correspondents. He was editor and principal author of the 12-volume ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918'', and a primary advocate for establishing the Australian War Memorial (AWM).

According to the ''Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War'', no other Australian has been more influential in shaping the way the First World War is remembered in Australia.

When Bean died on 30 August 1968, aged 88, an obituary written by Guy Harriott, associate editor of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and a former war correspondent, described Bean as being "one of Australia's most distinguished men of letters". Provided by Wikipedia