Thomas Allan (mineralogist)

Thomas Allan of Lauriston FRS FRSE FSA FLS (17 July 1777 – 12 September 1833) was a British mineralogist.This collection was later incorporated into Robert Greg's, which was ultimately acquired by the British Museum of Natural History in the mid-19th century.In 1813, Allan was influential in securing a mineralogy post in the Dublin Philosophical Society for German mineralogist Karl Ludwig Giesecke (1761–1833).Allan was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1805, his proposers being Sir James Hall, William Wright, and John Playfair.[1] In 1810, his contribution to mineralogy was acknowledged with a new mineral species from Greenland, being named "allanite" in his honour by Thomas Thomson.
John Watson GordonEdinburghScotlandLinden HallMorpeth, NorthumberlandEnglandSt Cuthbert's Church, EdinburghHigh School of Edinburghmineral sciencemineralsRobert AllanBritish Museum of Natural HistoryDublin Philosophical SocietyKarl Ludwig GieseckeRoyal Society of EdinburghJohn PlayfairRoyal Society of LondonGreenlandallaniteThomas ThomsonSt Cuthberts Churchyard in EdinburghEncyclopædia BritannicaWikisourceDictionary of National Biography's