Allen

Allen, JOHN, was born at Redford, in Colinton parish, near Edinburgh, in 1771, and in 1791 became M.D. of Edinburgh University. He translated Cuvier's Introduction to the Study of the Animal Economy (1801), and soon after, with Lord and Lady Holland, set out on a tour through France and Spain, where they resided till 1805. Thenceforward he was a constant habitué of Holland House. He contributed upwards of forty articles to the Edinburgh Review. His most valuable work is his Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England (1830). He was warden of Dulwich College (1811-20), and then its master until his death on 10th April 1843.