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Alexander H. Faulkner (1905-1983) was a British journalist and foreign correspondent for the "London Daily Telegraph" during the twentieth century. A native of Hampstead, England, Faulkner joined the "London Daily Telegraph" in 1929 and initially served as a foreign correspondent in Paris, France (1929-1934). Faulkner became a foreign correspondent for the "London Daily Telegraph's" New York City office in 1934. From 1939 to 1974, he served as the newspaper's Chief American Correspondent in New York City. In the course of his long tenure in the United States, Faulkner covered World War II, American politics, Anglo-American relations, and the American space program.