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Mark Allen (software Developer), Mark Allen
Mark Allen may refer to: *Mark Allen (businessman) (born 1950), former British spy turned businessman and lecturer *Mark Allen (triathlete) (born 1958), American world champion triathlete *Bull Allen (rugby union) (Mark Richard Allen, born 1967), New Zealand international rugby football player *Mark Allen (snooker player) (born 1986), Northern Irish snooker player *Mark Allen (footballer) (born 1963), former Burnley, Tranmere Rovers and Runcorn football player *Mark Allen (software developer), computer game programmer and designer *Mark Allen (DJ), British deejay and producer *Mark Allen (politician) (born 1949), American politician from Oklahoma *Mark G. Allen (born 1962), professor specializing in microfabrication at the Georgia Institute of Technology *Mark S. Allen (born 1965), American television host *Mark W. Allen (1877–1958), American lumber dealer and politician *Mark Johnston-Allen (born 1968), snooker player *Mark Allen, founder of Machine Project See also *Mark All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Allen (businessman)
Sir Mark John Spurgeon Allen Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (born 3 July 1950) is a British diplomat, intelligence officer, and businessman. Early life Mark Allen was born on 3 July 1950. His father, Peter Muir Spurgeon Allen, was headmaster of Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, and at Downside School, the Roman Catholic public school in Somerset. He then read Arabic and Turkish at Exeter College, Oxford, Exeter College, University of Oxford. Career Allen joined the British Foreign Service, where he worked for 30 years. After studying at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, he was posted to Abu Dhabi in 1974. There he developed his love of falconry from his contacts with the Bedouin, to the extent that he wrote a series of books on the subject, including ''Falconry in Arabia'' (1980). He then spent much of the rest of his operational career in the Middle East. In 2003, as head of MI6’s counter-terrorism unit, Allen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |