Thomas Allan

Thomas Allan (* 17th July 1777 in Edinburgh , † 12. September 1833 in Linden Hall, Longhorsley , Northumberland ) was a Scottish mineralogist , banker and newspaper publisher . Allanite , a mineral he discovered , was named after him while he was still alive (1810) .

Allan began to be interested in mineralogy in his youth and through his collecting he built a considerable mineral collection over the years. His son, Robert Allan (1806–1863), transferred this collection to the Natural History Museum after the death of his father ; there it can still be seen today - together with that of Robert Greg .

Allan died 9 weeks after his 56th birthday on September 12, 1833 in Longhorsley, Northumberland, and was buried there.

Honors

In 1805 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1810 the Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson named the mineral allanite in honor of Allan .

literature

Wilfred V. Farrar, Kathleen R. Farrar: Thomas Allan, mineralogist. An autobiographical fragment. In: Annals of Science. The history of science and technology. Volume 24, Issue 2, 1968, ISSN 0003-3790 , pp. 115-120.

Individual evidence

↑ shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 5, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Allan, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1833
Place of death	Linden Hall, Longhorsley , Northumberland

[1] shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 5, 2019 .