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William Allen (Royal Navy officer)

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Plan for the immediate Extinction of the Slave Trade, for the Relief of the West India Colonies, and for the Diffusion of Civilisation and Christianity in Africa by the co-operation of Mammon with Philanthropy
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in August 1811 for the capture of Java, and in June 1813 during the successful attack on the pirate base at Sambas, Borneo.
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Allen was promoted lieutenant in 1815, commander 1836, and captain 1842. He look part in the Niger expedition of
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The Dead Sea, a New Route to India, with other Fragments and Gleanings in the East
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A Narrative of the Expedition sent by H.M.'s Government to the River Niger in 1841
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and Oldfield, 1832; but is best known as having commanded the steamer
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in November 1792. He entered the navy as a volunteer in 1805, and, as
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Keltie, John Scott; Lambert, Andrew (reviewer) (2004).
230: 228: 226: 224: 186:(1835) and the River Niger (1840), with papers in the 143:, and published the results in two volumes (1855) as 115:(a small waterbird) near the River Niger. He was a 215: 8: 257:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 163:, and compared that route with the proposed 36:(25 November 1792 – 23 January 1864) was an 100:in the elaborately equipped but disastrous 189:Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 254:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 205: 170:In 1846, Allen published a pamphlet on 279: 268: 234: 16:British Royal Navy officer (1792–1864) 111:Allen collected the type specimen of 7: 67:in 1807. He was on board the 36-gun 63:, was present at the passage of the 14: 342:O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). 327:Dictionary of National Biography 305: 352:A Naval Biographical Dictionary 135:. In 1849 he travelled through 420:British expatriates in Nigeria 129:Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson 25:William Allen, 1848 engraving. 1: 131:published, in two volumes as 425:People from colonial Nigeria 405:Fellows of the Royal Society 390:People from Weymouth, Dorset 316:Keltie, John Scott (1885). " 292:UK public library membership 117:Fellow of the Royal Society 441: 318:Allen, William (1793-1864) 216:Keltie & Lambert 2004 400:Royal Navy rear admirals 102:Niger expedition of 1841 345:"Allen, William"  86: 26: 196:, from 1828 to 1847. 80: 24: 263:10.1093/ref:odnb/393 127:In 1848, Allen with 395:Explorers of Africa 172:Mutual Improvement 87: 55:Allen was born in 27: 415:English explorers 290:(Subscription or 278:Missing or empty 271:cite encyclopedia 180:Picturesque Views 113:Allen's gallinule 432: 366: 356: 347: 331: 309: 308: 295: 287: 281: 276: 274: 266: 238: 232: 219: 213: 184:Ascension Island 440: 439: 435: 434: 433: 431: 430: 429: 410:English sailors 370: 369: 341: 338: 336:Further reading 322:Stephen, Leslie 315: 306: 289: 277: 267: 250: 247: 242: 241: 233: 222: 214: 207: 202: 125: 85:on 14 June 1842 53: 17: 12: 11: 5: 438: 436: 428: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 392: 387: 382: 372: 371: 368: 367: 337: 334: 333: 332: 297: 296: 246: 243: 240: 239: 237:, p. 322. 220: 204: 203: 201: 198: 124: 121: 104:under Captain 91:Richard Lander 52: 49: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 437: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 377: 375: 364: 360: 355: 353: 346: 340: 339: 335: 329: 328: 323: 319: 313: 312:public domain 304: 303: 302: 301: 293: 285: 272: 264: 260: 256: 255: 249: 248: 244: 236: 231: 229: 227: 225: 221: 217: 212: 210: 206: 199: 197: 195: 194:Royal Academy 191: 190: 185: 181: 177: 173: 168: 166: 162: 158: 157:Jordan Valley 154: 150: 149:Mediterranean 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 122: 120: 118: 114: 109: 107: 103: 99: 98: 92: 84: 79: 75: 73: 72: 66: 62: 58: 50: 48: 46: 42: 41:naval officer 39: 35: 32: 31:William Allen 29:Rear-Admiral 23: 19: 361:– via 351: 325: 300:Attribution: 299: 298: 280:|title= 252: 187: 179: 175: 171: 169: 144: 132: 126: 110: 106:Henry Totter 96: 88: 82: 70: 54: 30: 28: 18: 385:1864 deaths 380:1792 births 359:John Murray 235:Keltie 1885 97:Wilberforce 83:Wilberforce 65:Dardanelles 374:Categories 363:Wikisource 294:required.) 245:References 165:Suez Canal 61:midshipman 141:Palestine 95:HMS  69:HMS  51:Biography 161:Dead Sea 57:Weymouth 45:explorer 324:(ed.). 314::  155:by the 153:Red Sea 38:English 354:  320:". In 288: 200:Notes 137:Syria 123:Works 284:help 159:and 151:and 139:and 81:HMS 71:Leda 43:and 259:doi 182:on 34:FRS 376:: 357:. 348:. 275:: 273:}} 269:{{ 223:^ 208:^ 167:. 119:. 47:. 365:. 286:) 282:( 265:. 261:: 218:.

Index


FRS
English
naval officer
explorer
Weymouth
midshipman
Dardanelles
HMS Leda

Richard Lander
HMS Wilberforce
Niger expedition of 1841
Henry Totter
Allen's gallinule
Fellow of the Royal Society
Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson
Syria
Palestine
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Jordan Valley
Dead Sea
Suez Canal
Ascension Island
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Academy


Keltie & Lambert 2004

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