Fred Hovey Allen
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| Born | October 1, 1845 Lyme, New Hampshire |
| Died | December 26, 1926 (aged 81) New York, New York |
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| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, writer |
Fred Hovey Allen (1845–1926) was an American Congregational clergyman and author, best known as the inventor of the first photogravure plates for art reproduction made in the United States.
Biography
[edit]Fred Hovey Allen was born in Lyme, New Hampshire on October 1, 1845.[1] He graduated from the Hartford Theological Seminary, and studied at Boston University and in Europe at the Universities of Berlin, Vienna, and Paris.[2]
He died in Manhattan on December 26, 1926.[3]
His writings include:
- Masterpieces of Modern German Art (1884)
- Recent German Art (1885)
- Grand Modern Paintings (1888)
References
[edit]- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 492–493. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Daniel Coit Gilman; Harry Thurston Peck; Frank Moore Colby, eds. (1906). The New International Encyclopaedia. Dodd, Mead and company. p. 367.
- ^ "Art Director Dies". Brooklyn Times-Union. December 26, 1926. p. 32. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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