Grant Allen

Grant Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was an author.

Born Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he studied in England and France and in his mid twenties became a professor at Queens College in Jamaica.

Although his father was a Protestant minister, Allen became an agnostic and a socialist. After leaving his professorship, in 1876 he returned to England where he turned his talents to writing, gaining a reputation for his essays on science and for literary works.

In 1895, his scandalous book titled The Woman Who Did became a bestseller. The book told the story of an independent woman who has a child out of wedlock.

Grant Allen died at his home on Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey, England on October 25, 1899.

Table of contents

1 Partial bibliography: 2 Additional reading: 3 External link:

Partial bibliography:

• Philistia - (1884)
• The Devil's Die- (1888)
• The White Man's Foot - (1888)
• The Great Taboo - (1891)
• The British Barbarians - (1895)
• The Woman Who Did - (1895)
• The Evolution of the Idea of God - (1897)

Additional reading:

• Barbara Arnett Melchiori, Grant Allen: The Downward Path which Leads to Fiction (Rome: Bulzoni Editore, 2000), ISBN: 88-8319-526-4

External link:

• The Grant Allen Website (and there are many more on the Net)