John Romilly Allen

Career Archaeologist / Academic / Engineer

Biography Archaeologist. Educated at Kings College, London. Worked as an engineer but was particularly interested in the study of prehistoric antiquities and pre-Norman art. Editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis from 1892 to 1907. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 30/11/2006]

Biography References http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30388 / Who was Who 2007

Clubs & Societies Society of Antiquaries / Cambrian Archaeological Association / Antiquaries of Scotland / British Association for the Advancement of Science

County Yorkshire

Relationship Other Owner

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Dates active 1847-1907

Donated around 1992

Owned Around 1887

English collections Provided sketch of old lock from which Pitt Rivers made a model

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers / C.M. Gill