Background
French, Allen was born on November 28, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John James and Frances Maria (Stratton) French.
French, Allen was born on November 28, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John James and Frances Maria (Stratton) French.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1892. Studied University of Berlin, 1892-1893. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1894.
Instructor in English, Harvard, 1908-1913, 1919-1920. Author: The Junior Cup, 1901. The Colonials, 1902; Sir Marrok, 1902.
The Barrier, 1904; The Story of Rolf and the Viking’s Bow, 1904. Heroes of Iceland, 1905. The Reform of Shaun, 1905.
Pelham and His Friend Tim, 1906. The Story of Grettir the Strong, 1908. How to Grow Vegetables, 1911.
The Siege of Boston, 1911. The Runaway, 1914; The Beginner’s Garden Book, 1914. Old Concord, 1915; The Hiding Places, 1917.
At Plattsburg, 1917; The Golden Eagle, 1917. The Day of Concord and Lexington, 1925. A British Fusilier in Revolutionary Boston, 1926.
The Taking of Ticonderoga, 1775, 1928. General Gage’s Informers, 1932. The First Year of the American Revolution, 1934.
The Drama of Concord, 1935. The Red Keep, 1938; The Lost Baron, 1940. Historic Concord, 1942.
Home: Concord, Mass.
Author: The Junior Cup, 1901. The Colonials, 1902
Sir Marrok, 1902. The Barrier, 1904
The Story of Rolf and the Viking’s Bow, 1904.
Heroes of Iceland, 1905. The Reform of Shaun, 1905. Pelham and His Friend Tim, 1906.
The Story of Grettir the Strong, 1908. How to Grow Vegetables, 1911. The Siege of Boston, 1911.
The Runaway, 1914
The Beginner’s Garden Book, 1914. Old Concord, 1915
The Hiding Places, 1917. At Plattsburg, 1917
The Golden Eagle, 1917.
The Day of Concord and Lexington, 1925. A British Fusilier in Revolutionary Boston, 1926. The Taking of Ticonderoga, 1775, 1928.
General Gage’s Informers, 1932. The First Year of the American Revolution, 1934. The Drama of Concord, 1935.
The Red Keep, 1938
The Lost Baron, 1940. Historic Concord, 1942.
Married Ellen R. Dorrance, April.; married second, Aletta A. Lillibridge, June 17, 1922. Children: Maude Dorrance, Frances Stratton, Ellen.