Education
University of Auckland. Nelson College.
University of Auckland. Nelson College.
Allan was born on 27 April 1882 in Nelson, and was educated at Nelson College, and Auckland University College, from where he graduated Master of Arts in 1908. Foreign his lengthy botanical study of Mount Peel, he was awarded a Doctor of Science in 1923. In the 1948 King"s Birthday Honours Allan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to botany in New Zealand.