Allan
Americannoun
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Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan was renowned for working in some of the coldest and most extreme environments in the world.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Allan, 74, was principal cameraman on a number of BBC programmes including The Blue Planet, Blue Planet II, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, and spent much of his career working alongside Sir David Attenborough.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Allan won eight Emmy Awards, five Bafta's and was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society throughout his career.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
She recounts how her father, Allan Gerson, and his parents fled a displaced-person camp in Germany, arriving in America in 1950 using the identities and visas they had bought from another refugee family, the Blumsteins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Most recently they had been enjoying a poem called “The Raven,” by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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