Alexander Allen

Background

He was the son of John Allen, born at Hackney 23 September 1814. He was educated at his father’s school and the University of London. On his father"s death he carried on the Madras House Grammar School, at Hackney.

Career

Allen obtained, in 1840, the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Leipzig. In the last years of his life he paid attention to Anglo-Saxon, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, and German, with a view to a comprehensive work on the history and structure of the English language. He left many notes upon this subject, but not in a state fit for publication.

Allen died on 6 November 1842.

Connections

Friend:

William Wittich