NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Allen, John, 1771-1843 NRA: Allen, John (1771-1843) Historian and Political Writer DNB: Allen, John (1771-1843), political and historical writer LBT ID: JoAllen1843 VIAF ID: 120697690 LOC ID: n88087303 | B/BAP: 1771-02-03 DIED: 1843-04-10 |
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Scottish physician and intimate of Lord Holland; he contributed to the Edinburgh Review and Encyclopedia Britannica and published
Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in
England (1830). He was the avowed atheist of the Holland House set. | |