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CodePX1547
Dates1777-1833
Person NameAllan; Thomas (1777-1833); Mineralogist and Banker
SurnameAllan
ForenamesThomas
EpithetMineralogist and Banker
ActivityDiscovered a new mineral in 1811 which was named allenite after Allen, who had purchased the mineral. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1805 and the Royal Society of London in 1815.
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DF/MIN/10/1/8Lists of meteorites in the [Thomas] Allan collection, and of those purchased from James R Campbell, Robert P Greg, August Krantz, Charles Upham Shepard and others; by Thomas Davies 
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