David Elliston Allen

Author of Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition: An Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland

10 Works 154 Members 1 Review

About the Author

David Elliston Allen is coordinator of the History of Medicine Program of The Wellcome Trust. He is also Honorary Lecturer in the History of the Life Sciences, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and teaches at the University College, London

Also includes: David E. Allen (1), D. E. Allen (3)

Works by David Elliston Allen

The Naturalist in Britain (1976) 45 copies

Books and Naturalists (2010) 31 copies

The Victorian fern craze: A history of pteridomania (1969) 8 copies

British tastes: an enquiry into the likes and dislikes of the regional consumer (Panther modern society) (1968) 4 copies

Naturalists and Society: The Culture of Natural History in Britain, 1700-1900 (Variorum Collected Studies Series) (2001) 3 copies

Flora of the Isle of Man (1984) 3 copies

The Botanists: A History of the Botanical Society of the British Isles Through a Hundred and Fifty Years (1986) 2 copies

The Victorian Fern Craze A History of Pteridomania 1 copy

Wild flora of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens : miscellaneous paper 1950- 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1932
Gender: male
Places of residence: Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

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Wild flora of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens … by David Elliston Allen

A file of correspondence and notes relating to the flora of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens

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Works: 10
Members: 154
Rating: ½ 4.3

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 17

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