Background
Allen, Edwin West was born on October 28, 1864 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lysander H. and Mary M. (Bullard) Allen.
Allen, Edwin West was born on October 28, 1864 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lysander H. and Mary M. (Bullard) Allen.
Graduate Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1885. Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1885. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Göttingen, 1890.
Doctor of Laws, University of Missouri, 1929.
Entered service of unites states department of Agriculture, August 11, 1890. Assistant director, 1893-1915, then chief Office of Experiment Stations. Associate editor to 1895, editor in chief to 1924, Experiment Station Record, also assistant director of scientific work.
Executive secretary of Commision on Country Life, 1908.
Contributor to The American and International Yearbooks. Editor agriculture and agricultural chemistry of New Internatfl Encyclopedia Editor Journal Agricultural Research, since 1926.
Home: Washington, Distric.
Married Estelle Standish Perkins, April. Children: Myles Standish (deceased), Dorothy Helen.