Edmund Allen (or Edmond, or Alen, or Edmonde Aellen; c. 1519 – 1559) was an English clergyman and scholar. A native of

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, England, Allen was elected fellow of

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in 1536. He became steward of Corpus in 1539, and not long after obtained leave of the society to go and study abroad. He became, according to

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, a great proficient in the Ancient Greek and Latin tongues, an eminent divine, and a learned minister of the gospel. He was in exile during the reign of

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; but

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, on coming to the crown, appointed him one of her chaplains, gave him a commission to act under her as an ambassador, and promoted him to the

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, which however he did not live to fill. It is said he was buried in the church of St. Thomas Apostle, in London, 30 August 1559. He translated into English ''De Authoritate Verbi Dei'' by

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and in 1543 works of

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while he was abroad. He also wrote ''A Christian Introduction for Youth''.

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