William Allen

(1770-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Allen, William, 1770-1843 NRA: Allen, William (1770-1843) Quaker Scientist and Philanthropist DNB: Allen, William (1770–1843), philanthropist and scientist LBT ID: WiAllen1843 VIAF ID: 17268394 LOC ID: n83007775	B/BAP: 1770-08-29 DIED: 1843-12-30
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Quaker chemist and philanthropist; he founded and edited The Philanthropist (1811-17).
REFERENCES TO William Allen: William Roscoe to his Jane Roscoe Hornblower, [1825?] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 1 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XVIII. 1824 Chapter XXI. Found 1: ¶ 50 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter X Found 1: ¶ 10