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CodePX23
Dates1861-1943
Person NameAllen; Edward Heron- (1861-1943); Solicitor
SurnameAllen
ForenamesEdward Heron-
EpithetSolicitor
ActivityTrained as a Solicitor but developed an interest from a young age in Violin making and the study of the hand and finger formation, subjects which he wrote a number of books on. In 1886 he was invited on an extended lecture tour in USA where he spoke on the suject of Cheirosophy. After he retired from his Solicitors practice in 1911 he began to study foramanifera on the Sussex coast as well as building a library for his collection of over 12,000 books. He published numerous studies on proto - zoology and on his death donated his foramanifera collection, considered to be one of the best in the world, to the British Museum.
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DF/PAL/100/133/10Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/ZOO/200/55/89Allen, Edward Heron-, 1861-1943 (Selsey Bill & London) 
DF/ZOO/208/56Staff file: Heron-Allen, Edward 
DF/ZOO/200/69/84Allen, Edward Heron-  
DF/ZOO/200/37/205Heron, Francis Arthur 
DF/ZOO/200/37/151Heron, Francis Arthur 
DF/TM/1/63/23Correspondence H: Hering; Hemsworth; Heron 
DF/MIN/1/42/41Allen, Edward Heron-  
DF/ZOO/200/129/15Heron Island Research Station (Australia)  
DF/TM/1/35/9Correspondence H: Heron; Hett; Heyne; Heyer 
DF/ZOO/200/46/226Heron, Francis [Arthur] 
DF/ZOO/236/6/175External Correspondence: Heron, Brother Matthew 
DF/PH/3/1/480Gallery Photograph Album 1: British nesting birds, common heron 
DF/TM/1/13/20Correspondence H: Heller; Hermann; Heron; Hewitt 
DF/ZOO/200/51/443Suffert 
DF/ZOO/200/71/94Heron-Allen, E (London) 
DF/ZOO/200/41/168Heron, Francis [Arthur] 
DF/ZOO/252/1/14/54Allen, Edward Heron- (London) 
DF/ZOO/200/44/195-197Heron, Francis Arthur 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/660Royer, Heron 
DF/ZOO/252/1/15/23Rastall, Robert Heron (Cambridge) 
DF/ZOO/252/1/11/55Allen, Edward Heron- (London) 
DF/ZOO/250/11/1Ovey, Cameron Darrell: letters and memoranda from Arthur Earland, Edward Heron-Allen, Martin Alister Campbell Hinton and others 
DF/PAL/131/2/53Heron-Allen, Edward 
DF/PAL/100/63/178Herron-Allen, E 
DF/PAL/100/63/177Herron-Allen, E 
DF/ADM/1004/78Bequests: Edward Heron-Allen collection of Foraminifera, his library and an amethyst 
DF/ZOO/200/61/87Allen, Edward Heron-, 1861-1943 (Selsey Bill & London) 
DF/ZOO/211/18'Terra Nova' British Antarctic Expedition reports: Allen, Edward Heron-, E: Protozoa II, Foraminifera 
DF/BOT/421/7/7/9Papers regarding the purchase of Wheldon and Wesley Catalogue 
DF/PAL/131/2/2Discovery Manuscripts 
DF/PAL/122/1/5Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence 
DF/PAL/100/47/401Allen, Edward Heron-  
DF/PAL/100/47/399Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/131/2/12Heron-Allen, Edward 
DF/PAL/131/2/49Lister, J J 
DF/PAL/131/2/11Heron-Allen, Edward 
DF/PAL/131/2/7Heron-Allen, E 
DF/PAL/131/2/28Heron-Allen, E 
DF/PAL/131/2/60Milton, E 
DF/PAL/131/2/25Discovery Manuscripts 
DF/PAL/122/1/6Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence 
DF/PAL/127/4/1Allen, Edward Heron-: Copies of transcripts of letters to Joseph A Cushman 
DF/ENT/332Lepidoptera Section, Correspondence and Papers 
DF/PAL/100/47/18Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/47/15Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/47/16Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/47/17Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/49/11Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/49/12Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/49/13Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/49/14Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/53/12Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/53/13Allen, Edward Heron- 
DF/PAL/100/53/396Allen, Edward Heron-  
DF/PAL/125Fossil and Recent Protozoa Section: Correspondence and Papers 
DF/PAL/131/2/26Discovery Manuscripts 
DF/ZOO/200/63/60Allen, Edward Heron-, 1861-1943 (Selsey Bill & London) 
DF/ZOO/261/4/6Polyzoa: old correspondence H 
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