John Allan (6) (1796–1885)

Author of Protoplasm, Powheads, Porwiggles; and the Evolution of the Horse from the Rhinoceros

For other authors named John Allan, see the disambiguation page.

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Legal name: Allan, John
Birthdate: 1796
Date of death: 1885-05-21
Burial location: Tarbolton Parish Churchyard, Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Gender: male
Nationality: Scotland
Place of death: Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Places of residence: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Education: Glasgow University
Occupations: minister
Organizations: Union Church, Aberdeen (minister)
Short biography: Rev."John Allan (1796-1885), ..., was the minister of Union Church, Aberdeen from 1832. He joined the Free Church in 1843, but resigned as minister of Union Free Church in 1846 [1847] due to a throat infection. He died in Ayr. [Hew Scott, ed., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol. 6, Edinburgh 1926, p.41. which gives the wrong year of birth."

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"The Lentiad : or Peter the Pope and his Pio-
neers the Puseymen, together with Anti-
Pen tateuchal Prelates, Broad Church,
and Balaam Ass, Pommelled and Pounded
with a Hudibrastic Cudgel : A Tale in
Rhyme for the Times by a Beef-eater and
Domestic Chaplain to Fish Pots."

He wrote "The Lentiad", "John Todd and how he stirred his own broth-pot", and other publications, some anonymously.

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