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Patrick Allen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Patrick Allen, Patrick Linton Allen, Sir Patrick Linton Allen
Jamaican politician, current Governor-General of Jamaica
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1965
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Automatic y'all
- Margaret Mitchell
- Literary Nashville
- Literary Washington, D.C.
- The Ashes Trivia Book by Patrick Allen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1985-05-02
Discography
- Smile2006
- Alright, Still2006
- LDN2006
- Littlest Things2006
- U Killed It2006
- Alfie2007
- Shame for You2007
- Alfie2007
- Oh My God2007
- Drivin’ Me Wild2007
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 663
- Total plays
- 1,857
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,497x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,710x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,793x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,039x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,818x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Do I care? No I flipping well don't!”
- “String 'em up and watch the piggies squeal!”
- “Big Shiny Films in your Dinky Little Home”
- “In 1885 we invented music television. We just didn't bother telling anybody.”
- “Chucking Spunky Tunes In Your Tellybox”
- “Behold the E4 Udderbelly! An Edinburgh Festival venue that's a ruddy inflatable cow!”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Monarchs
- Elizabeth II , Charles III
- Prime minister
- Bruce Golding , Andrew Holness , Portia Simpson-Miller , Andrew Holness
- Preceded by
- Kenneth O. Hall
- Born
- Patrick Linton Allen , ( 1951-02-07 ) 7 February 1951 (age 75) , Fruitful Vale , Colony of Jamaica , British Empire
- Spouse
- Patricia Beckford
- Alma mater
- Andrews University ( BA , MA )
- Religion
- Christianity
- Denomination
- Adventism ( Seventh-Day Adventist )
- Church
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church
- Ordination
- 15 September 1962
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Patrick Allen Coronation 2023.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1951-02-07
- Commons category
- Patrick Allen
- P10632
- Patrick Allen
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Article
Sir Patrick Linton Allen ON GCMG CD KStJ (born 7 February 1951) is a Jamaican statesman and former Seventh-day Adventist pastor, who has serving as the sixth and current governor-general of Jamaica since 26 February 2009.
The fourth of five children in a family of subsistence farmers, Allen spent over a decade as a teacher and principal, before leaving education to be trained as an Adventist minister at Andrews University in the United States. After becoming a pastor, Allen went on to serve in a number of leadership roles within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, eventually becoming the leader of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists, which had jurisdiction over Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.