Thomas Allan

(1777-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Allan, Thomas, 1777-1833 NRA: Allan Thomas (1777-1833) mineralogist DNB: Allan, Thomas (1777–1833), mineralogist LBT ID: ThAllan1833 VIAF ID: 108000460 LOC ID: nb2010008136	B/BAP: 1777-07-17 DIED: 1833-09-12
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The son of the banker Robert Allan (1740-1818); he was educated at Edinburgh High School, pursued careers in banking and mineralogy, and was proprietor of the Caledonian Mercury.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Allan: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1830-31 Found 1: ¶ 9