Thomas Allen | |
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Born | 1803 |
Died | 7 July 1833 |
Nationality | British |
Thomas Allen (1803–1833) was an English topographer. [1]
Allen was the son of a map engraver. He died of cholera on 7 July 1833. [1]
In 1827 Allen published a quarto volume, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth and the Archiepiscopal Palace, with illustrations, mainly drawn and etched by himself. He later published: [1]
and he began in 1830 a History of the County of Lincoln, with engravings after his own drawings, which was completed after his death and published in 1834. [1]
Allen also published guide-books to London and the Zoological Gardens, contributed some plates and articles to the Gentleman's Magazine, and projected A Historical and Topographical Atlas of England and Wales, which he did not live to attempt. [2] [1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). " Allen, Thomas (1803-1833)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.