Grant Allen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Grant Allen, J. Arbuthnot Wilson, Charles Grant Blairfindy Allen, Charles G. Allen, C. G. B. Allen, C.G.B. Allen
Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- February 24, 1848
- Died
- October 25, 1899
- Works
- 207
Top works
- The desire of the eyes and other stories
- The colour-sense: its origin and development
- The cities of northern Italy
- The Story of the Plants
- The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23
- Total plays
- 89
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 12,371x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,688x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
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Quotes
- “You wouldn’t let your schooling interfere with your education.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Place of death
- Surrey
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- Merton College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- agnosticism
- Image
- Portrait of Grant Allen.jpg
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Grant Allen
- date of birth
- 1848-01-01
- date of death
- 1899-01-01
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- Commons category
- Grant Allen
- P12749
- 313 Chaldaea
- birth name
- Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Olive Pratt Rayner
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Hindhead
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Grant Allen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana