Henry Attwool Allen
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Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1854 | Born November 14th. |
| 1875 | Joined Survey as Temporary Fossil Collector. |
| 1882 | Assistant Naturalist. |
| 1898 | Assistant Curator of Fossils. |
| 1901 | Geologist. |
| 1919 | Retired. |
| 1934 | Died. |
Biographies and obituaries
Pringle, J. Obituary - Henry Atwool Allen. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 92 p.xcix. 1936
Obituary - Henry Atwool Allen. [1850-1934]. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. v. 46 p.90. 1935
Mr. H. A. Allen. Nature 134, 562 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134562b0
Publications
Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens from British Devonian strata preserved in the Museum of practical geology : Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1900, Appendix 2, p.196-216.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens from British fossil Phyllocarida preserved in the Museum of practical geology : Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1901, Appendix 1, p.200-203.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens from British Palaeozoic Echinodermata preserved in the Museum of practical geology : Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1901, Appendix 2, p.204-211.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens from British Pliocene and Pleistocene strata preserved in the Museum of practical geology : Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1900, Appendix 1, p.182-195.
Allen, H.A. (1899). Catalogue of types and figured specimens from Eocene and Oligocene Series preserved in the Museum of practical geology : Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Museum of Practical Geology for 1899, Appendix 1, p.195-208.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of British Cretaceous Gasteropoda preserved in the Museum of Practical Geology, London : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of GB and the Museum of Practical Geology for 1915, Appendix 2, p.47-51.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of British Cretaceous Lamellibranchiata preserved in the Museum of Practical Geology, London : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of GB and the Museum of Practical Geology for 1914, Appendix 2, p.66-79.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of British Lamellibranchiata from the Lower, Middle and Upper Oolites, preserved in the Museum of Practical Geology, London : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of GB and the Museum of Practical Geology for 1905, Appendix 4, p.175-195.
Allen, H.A. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of British Lamellibranchiata from the Rhaetic Beds and Lias, preserved in the Museum of Practical Geology, London : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of GB and the Museum of Practical Geology for 1904, Appendix 5, p.172-177.
Howe, J.A. ; Teall, J.J.H. ; Ussher, W.A.E. ; Allen, H.A. ; Cantrill, T.C. ; Dixon, E.E.L. ; Macalister, D.A. ; Hall, T.C. Visit to the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street : Saturday, March 28th, 1908. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 20(6) 1908 p.467-472.
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/24/209,221 | H A Allen: Letters on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/25/18 | H A Allen: Letters on his promotion. | |
| GSM/GL/Al | A W Allen | |
| GSM/GL/Bm/1 | Correspondence: letters to H.A.Allen, R.Crookall, J.S.Flett, J.A.Howe, F.L.Kitchin, W.F.P.McLintock, J.Pringle, B.Smith and C.J.Stubblefield. Some letters to Bromehead. | |
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/162 | H A Allen: Letters on his move to Yorkshire. | |
| GSM/GL/Cn/1 | Correspondence with other geologists; letters to H.A.Allen, C.H.Dinham, Flett, Kitchin, J.Pringle, Rudler, Strahan and H.H.Thomas. | |
| GSM/GL/Ct/4 | Correspondence: letters to H.Allen, E.B.Bailey, Hester, Kitchin, Stubblefield, H.H.Thomas and others | |
| GSM/GL/De/5 | Correspondence: letters to C.H.Dinham, F.L.Kitchin, B.Smith, C.J.Stubblefield, H.A.Allen. | |
| GSM/GL/Jb/3 | Correspondence with other geologists. Including: H.A.Allen, F.H.Hatch, F.L.Kitchin, G.W.Lamplugh, F.W.Rudler, Teall, W.W.Wattts, W.Whitaker and H.B.Woodward. Some letters to Jukes-Browne. | |
| GSM/GX/Bm/1/5 | Letters from H A Allen, E T Newton, J Pringle and F L Kitchin | With a list of specimens |
| GSM/GX/Hr/3/1 | Letters to J Geikie, Kitchin, Allen and H B Woodward |
Other archives
Portrait of Henry Attwooll Allen Geological Society of London archives.