Matthew Allen

(1783-1845)

LBT ID: MaAllen1845	B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1845-01-03
SOURCES: Margaret C. Barnet, “Matthew Allen, Apothecary, 1783–1845,” Medical History, IX (April 1965), 16–28; findagrave.com
Superintendent of the High Beech Lunatic Asylum in Essex; among his patients were John Clare and the son of Thomas Campbell.
REFERENCES TO Matthew Allen: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 71 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 8 Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter 9 Found 1: ¶ 44