| Authorised form of name | Allen; Thomas (c1630 - 1684); physician |
| Dates | c1630 - 1684 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | c. 1630 |
| Date of death | 1684 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College Cambridge (matriculated 1648; BA 1651); Migrated to Caius College (MB 1654; MD 1659); Incorporated at Oxford (1675)
Career:
Fellow, Caius College, Cambridge; Physician, Bethlem Hospital
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1671)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/02/1668 |
| Proposer | Henry Oldenburg |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1678-1679 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Presented various papers on anatomy to the Society (1667/1668) |
| Relationships | Parents: Francis Allen |
| General context | Not much is known about Allen's personal life or in further detail about his medical practice. Dr Richard Myddelton Massey's (FRS 1712) recorded in his manuscript additions to Pharm. Lond. that Allen refused to make the first blood transfusion experiment on a patient at Bethlem Hospital, despite the experiment being approved of by the Royal Society. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Munk's Roll; Venn; Hunter
Notes:
Approximate year of birth from Venn. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/5266652 |
| Royal Society code | NA4545 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| CLP/11i/20 | Paper, regarding purging water by Dr [Thomas] Allen | [1679] |
| CLP/13/3 | Paper, 'Account of the hermaphrodite in London' by Dr [Thomas] Allen | [1668] |
| RBO/3/77 | 'An Account of the Losse of a part of a Man's Brain without any considerable prejudice to the Patient' brought in by Thomas Allen | 27 February 1667 |
| RBO/3/74 | 'Dr Allen's Account Of the Hermaphrodite in London Addressed to Mr Oldenburg' | 1668 |