George Washington University
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from 1821 to 1826.
Allison was born in
Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924.Brown University. He became a Baptist minister. He also worked on developing improvements to the steam engine.
Allison also wrote a dictionary, ''The American Standard of Orthography and Pronunciation, and Improved Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged for the Use of Schools'' (1815). He was elected to the
American Philosophical Society
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