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Person: ALLEN, C. Mountford  (1855-1905)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
Charles Mountford ALLEN
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
lanternist based in Australia; contributor to OMLJ, 1893
Main period of activity
1890s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
23 April 1855
born at
7 April 1861
5
census record
1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/1637.10.14
2 April 1871
15
census record
1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/2407.26.8
– occupation “Scholar”
1905
~49
died at
Texts linked to this person
Article (1)

C. Mountford Allen, ‘Lanternists in Australia’ in OMLJ 4.44 (January 1893)

Notes

Son of James Mountford Allen (1809-73), an architect. He probably emigrated to Australia in the 1870s (not found in the 1881 Census of England).

Many thanks to Martin Pakes for information about this person.

Lucerna ID  6002948

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 January 2015

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