Harry Allan

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For other people named Harry Allan, see Harry Allan (disambiguation).

Harry Howard Barton Allan CBE (27 April 1882 – 29 October 1957) was a New Zealand teacher, botanist, scientific administrator and writer.

Allan was born on 27 April 1882 in Nelson,[1] and was educated at Nelson College,[2] and Auckland University College, from where he graduated MA in 1908.[1] For his lengthy botanical study of Mount Peel, he was awarded a Doctor of Science in 1923.[1]

In the 1948 King's Birthday Honours Allan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to botany in New Zealand.[3]

Botanical references

The standard author abbreviation Allan is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38312. p. 3398. 10 June 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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