| Authorised form of name | Thomson; Allen (1809 - 1884) |
| Dates | 1809 - 1884 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 02 April 1809 |
| Place of death | 66 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington |
| Date of death | 21 March 1884 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1830, Edinburgh)
Career:
Taught anatomy in Extra-mural school, Edinburgh (1831-1836); private Physician to the Duke of Nedford (1837-1839); Professor of Anatomy, University of Glasgow (1848-1877); resigned and settled in London (1877); edited the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of Quain's Anatomy
Memberships:
FRCS Edinburgh (1831); FRSE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1848 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1877-1878 |
| Relationships | Only son of John Thomson (FRS 1824); father of John Millar Thomson (FRS 1897) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1887 vol 42 pp xi-xxviii signed by W A
References:
A H Sykes, 'Foster and Sharpey's Tour of Europe' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 47-52, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/7439632 |
| Royal Society code | NA3673 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RR/7/196 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the distribution of the fibres in the muscular tunics of the stomach in man and other mammalia' by James Bell Pettigrew | [19 June] 1872 |
| RR/3/149 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Ocular spectres, structures and functions, mutual exponents' by James Jago | 21 May 1858 |
| RR/5/183 | Second referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the arrangement of the muscular fibres in the ventricles of the vertebrate heart, with physiological remarks' by James Bell Pettigrew | 10 May 1864 |
| RR/7/195 | Letter from Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the distribution of the fibres in the muscular tunics of the stomach in man and other mammalia' by James Bell Pettigrew | 19 June 1872 |
| RR/8/164 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the effects of chloroform and ether on the radial tracing' by Charles Handfield Jones | nd [1879] |
| RR/6/225 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the distribution of the fibres in the muscular tunics of the stomach in man and other mammalia' by James Bell Pettigrew | 7 August 1867 |
| MS/426/416 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Stenhouse | 10 April 1850 |
| EC/1848/16 | Thomson, Allen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/6/127 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson and Joseph Jackson Lister, on a paper 'On the development of striated muscular fibre' by Wilson Fox | 15 January 1866 |
| RR/6/298 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Observations on the development of the semilunar valves of the aorta and pulmonary artery of the heart of the chick' by Morris Tonge | 2 July 1868 |
| PT/45/3 | Paper, 'The reproduction of the ascaris mystax' by Henry Nelson | [1850] |
| RR/2/169 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Researches on the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia; and on the early stages of development of the embryo. ( third series.)' by George Newport | September 1854 |
| RR/5/181 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the arrangement of the muscular fibres in the ventricles of the vertebrate heart, with physiological remarks' by James Bell Pettigrew | 1860 |
| RR/3/148 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson on a paper, 'Ocular spectres, structures and functions, mutual exponents' by James Jago | 1856 |
| MS/257/2/221 | First half of letter from Robert Grant, Glasgow Observatory to Allen Thomson | 16 May 1865 |
| RR/8/85 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Points of resemblance between the suprarenal bodies of the horse and dog, and certain occasional structures in the ovary' by Charles Creighton | 14 January 1878 |
| AP/60/12 | Unpublished letter, 'Artifically formed diamonds' from James Mactear to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 December 1879 |
| RR/9/158 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the development of the great omentum and transverse mesocolon' by C B Lockwood | 27 June 1883 |
| RR/9/161 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the development of the great omentum and transverse mesocolon' by C B Lockwood | 30 October 1883 |
| MS/257/2/222 | Second half of letter from Robert Grant, Glasgow Observatory to Allen Thomson | 16 May 1865 |
| RR/8/138 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Observations on the nervous system of Aurelia aurita' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer | 8 March 1878 |
| RR/2/166 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the impregnation of the ovum, in the amphibia' [First Series], by George Newport | [1850] |
| RR/4/55 | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the relations of the vomer, ethmoid, and intermaxillary bones' by John Cleland | 3 July 1861 |