Glover Morrill Allen (February 8, 1879 – February 14, 1942) was an American

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

. He was born at

Walpole, New Hampshire Walpole is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census. The town's central village, where 573 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Walpole census-designated place (CDP) and ...

, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) Allen, and studied at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. While still a student, Allen published ''The Birds of Massachusetts'' and ''A List of the Birds of New Hampshire''. After graduating in 1901, he was appointed librarian to the

Boston Society of Natural History The Boston Society of Natural History (1830–1948) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It published a scholarly journal and established a museum. In its first few decades, the s ...

, and in 1904, obtained a Ph.D. from Harvard. From 1924, he lectured in zoology at Harvard and held the position of Curator of Mammals in the

Museum of Comparative Zoology A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

. He traveled widely, to Central and South America, to East and West Africa, the

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...

, the

Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colo ...

as a member of the eight-man Harvard Medical African Expedition (1926–1927), and Australia as a member of the six-man

Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932) The Harvard Australian Expedition of 1931–1932 was a six-man venture sent by then Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) director Thomas Barbour to Australia for the dual purpose of procuring specimens and studying native (living) wildlife i ...

along with his student, Ralph Nicholson Ellis. His publications include: ''Bats: Biology, Behavior and Folklore'' (1939), which in its time was regarded as the leading introduction to the chiroptera, ''Checklist of African Mammals,'' and ''Mammals of China and Mongolia''. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1915, and the president of the

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from 1927 to 1929. Allen is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of lizards: ''

Adolfus alleni ''Adolfus alleni'', also known commonly as the alpine meadow lizard or the alpine-meadow lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Kenya. Habitat and geographic range ''A. alleni'' is found only in alp ...

'' and ''

Bachia alleni ''Bachia alleni'' is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to the southern Caribbean. Etymology The specific name, ''alleni'', is in honor of American Zoologist Glover Morrill Allen. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, ...

''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Allen, G.M.", p. 5).

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