Thomas Allan (other)
Thomas Allan may refer to: *Thomas Allan (mineralogist) (1777–1833), Scottish mineralogist *Thomas Allan (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer *Thomas Allan (footballer, born 1999), English footballer *Thomas Allan (publisher) (1832–1894), English collector of songs and music publisher *Tom Allan (footballer) (born 1994), English footballer *Tom Allan (minister) (1916–1965), Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland *Thomas Allan (politician) (1725–1798), Irish politician *Thomas J. Allan (1940–1966), British radio engineer in Antarctica See also

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Thomas Allan (mineralogist)
Thomas Allan of Lauriston FRS FRSE FSA FLS (17 July 1777 – 12 September 1833) was a British mineralogist. Life Allan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 17 July 1777, the son of Robert Allan (1748–1818), a banker. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and took up banking as profession; but he is remembered today for his contributions to mineral science. At an early age Allan became fascinated with minerals and he began to accumulate a large mineral collection that was subsequently bequeathed to his son Robert Allan FRSE. This collection was later incorporated into Robert Greg's, which was ultimately acquired by the British Museum of Natural History in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1813, Allan was influential in securing a mineralogy post in the Dublin Philosophical Society for the German mineralogist Karl Ludwig Giesecke (1761–1833). Allan was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1805, his proposers being Sir James Hall, William Wright and J ...
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