William Allen (English Quaker)

For the American Quaker minister, see William Allen (Quaker minister).
For other people named William Allen, see William Allen (disambiguation).

William Allen
FRS FLS FGS
William Allen after Amélie Munier-Romilly
Born29 August 1770
Spitalfields, London, England
Died30 September 1843(1843-09-30) (aged 73)
Stoke Newington, London, England
MovementAbolitionist Quakers

William Allen FRS FLS FGS (29 August 1770 – 30 September 1843) was an English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist who opposed slavery and engaged in schemes of social and penal improvement in early 19th-century England.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.