George Allan (antiquary)
George Allan (1736–1800) was an English antiquary and attorney at Darlington.[1]
Life
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.[1]
Works
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.[2] 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.[1]
Family
Allan married Anne Nicholson, and they had six children. The eldest son George Allan served as Member of Parliament for Durham.[1]
Sources
- Rose, Hugh James (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.
Notes
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Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Allan, George". Dictionary of National Biography. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ "Blackwell Grange, George Allan". durham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Allan, George". Dictionary of National Biography. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.