George Allan
Illustration — George Allan (left) and William Hutchinson, 1814 engraving by Joseph Collyer the Younger. George Allan (1736–1800) was an English antiquary and attorney in Darlington.
George Allan
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- Born
- 1736
- Died
- 1800
- Occupation
- cartographer · historian
- Education
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — George Allan (left) and William Hutchinson, 1814 engraving by Joseph Collyer the Younger. George Allan (1736–1800) was an English antiquary and attorney in Darlington.
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Allan spent much of his youth in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where he was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. He became an assiduous collector of manuscripts.
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He was the author of several works relating to the history and antiquities of County Durham; he greatly aided William Hutchinson in his History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. He presented to the Society of Antiquaries of London 26 quarto volumes of a manuscript relating principally to the University of Oxford, which he extracted from the public libraries there. He possessed a printing press, with which he produced several works; among them was a reprint of Robert Hegg's 1626 work, Legend of St Cuthbert.
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Allan married Anne Nicholson, and they had six children. The eldest son George Allan served as Member of Parliament for Durham.
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1736
George Allan born.
1800
George Allan died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1076742890, George Allan.
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Allan, George (1736–1800), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
Powell, Sir (George) Allan (1876–1948), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1076742890, George Allan.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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