John Towers Allen 1744-1788
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John Towers ALLEN 1744-1788
Biographical Note
Born at Terrington, Norfolk, son of John Allen, gentleman. BA St John's College, Cambridge 1766, MA 1769; curate of Wiggenhall, Norfolk 1777, rector of Barwick St Mary 1783.
Books
Allen used an engraved armorial bookplate, showing the arms of Towers (rather than Allen; Franks 379). The extent and disposition of his library are not known.
Sources
- Blatchly, J. Some Suffolk and Norfolk ex-libris, 2000.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.