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Grant Allen

Grant Allen is a pen-name of Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen, a Canadian science writer and novelist, and a proponent of the theory of evolution. - Wikipedia

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Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)

Born February 24, 1848
Died October 25, 1899

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  • Cover of: What's bred in the bone

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  • Cover of: The woman who did.

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  • Cover of: An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay

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  • Cover of: Falling in love: with other essays on more exact branches of science

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  • Cover of: The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religion

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  • Cover of: The British barbarians: a hill-top novel

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  • Cover of: The great taboo

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  • Cover of: Thames Valley Catastrophe Illustrated

    First published in 2017 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Anglo-Saxon Britain

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  • Cover of: Michael's Crag

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  • Cover of: Hilda Wade: a woman with tenacity of purpose

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  • Cover of: Charles Darwin

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  • Cover of: The colour-sense: its origin and development: an essay in comparative psychology

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  • Cover of: Dumaresq's daughter

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  • Cover of: Post-Prandial Philosophy

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  • Cover of: Philistia

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  • Cover of: Science in Arcady

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  • Cover of: Recalled to life

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  • Cover of: Under sealed orders

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  • Cover of: My New Year's Eve among the Mummies

    First published in 2019 — 16 editions
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Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)

Born February 24, 1848
Died October 25, 1899

Subjects

Description and travel, Fiction, Natural history, Botany, History, Guidebooks, Descriptions et voyages, Evolution, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Plants, Popular works, Sciences naturelles, Women, Biography, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Science, Socialism, Anatomy, Botanique, Color, Description, Descriptions, Detective and mystery stories, English fiction

Places

Great Britain, England, Belgium, Europe, Florence (Italy), Italy, London, Paris, Paris (France), Venice (Italy), Angleterre, Baker Street, Belgique, Egypt, Florence, Florence(Italie), Germany, Grande-Bretagne, India, Mumbai, North Africa, South Pacific Ocean, Switzerland, Thames River (England), Thames, Fleuve (Angleterre)

People

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), C. Auguste Dupin, George Paul Macdonell (1855-1895), Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Archie, Duncan Ross, Grant Allen, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Spaulding

Time

Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066, 1800s, 1801-1900, 1890, 1890s, 1900s, 19th century, 20th century, Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066, Old English, ca. 450-1100

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Alternative names

  • Grant Allen
  • Cecil Power
  • Olive Pratt Rayner
  • Joseph Warborough
  • Martin Leach Warborough
  • Allen Grant
  • Grant Allen Allen

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September 25, 2023 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
November 3, 2021 Edited by mheiman merge authors
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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import