Andrew Allam (1655 – 17 June 1685) was an English academic and miscellaneous writer.

Life

The son of a humble family, he was born at

Garsington Garsington is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. "A History of the County of Oxfordshire" provides a detailed history of the parish from 1082. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,689. The v ...

, near

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, and was educated under a noted schoolmaster of the time, William Wildgoose, of

Brasenose College Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...

, at Denton, near his native place. In 1671, he entered at

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any universit ...

, of which he subsequently became the vice-principal. In 1680 he took holy orders.

Works

His chief works are some additions to

Edward Chamberlayne Edward Chamberlayne (13 December 1616 – May 1703) was an English writer, known as the author of ''The Present State of England''. Life The grandson of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, knight, at one time English ambassador in the Low Countries, and ...

's ''Angliae Notitia'' (1684), and to

Helvicus Christoph Helvig (1581–1617) was a German chronologist and historian, theologian and linguist. Helvig was born at Sprendlingen. In chronology he generally was a follower of Joseph Scaliger. He is mentioned by Sir Thomas Browne, and John L ...

's ''Historical and Chronological Theatre'', (published 1687); the Epistle prefixed to

Richard Cosin Richard Cosin (died 1596) was an English jurist. He became prominent as an ecclesiastical lawyer in the service of Archbishop John Whitgift, active against the Puritans in the Church of England. Life He was born the son of John Cosin in Hartle ...

's ''Ecclesiae Anglicanae Politeia'', &c, containing an account of the doctor's life; and a translation of the life of Iphicrates, Oxford 1684. He assisted Anthony Wood in his ''Athenae Oxon'', and had projected a ''Notitia Ecclesiae Anglicanae'', or ''History of Cathedrals'', but was prevented by death from completing his plan.

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* 1655 births 1685 deaths English religious writers 17th-century English historians English antiquarians People from South Oxfordshire District Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford {{England-historian-stub