About Fred Hovey Allen
Lived 1845 – 1926 (aged 81). Fred Hovey Allen was an American theologian, inventor and 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 Fred Hovey Allen was born in Lyme, New Hampshire on October 1, 1845. He graduated from the Hartford Theological Seminary, and studied at Boston University and in Europe at the Universities of Berlin, Vienna, and Paris.
He died in Manhattan on December 26, 1926.
His writings include: Masterpieces of Modern German Art (1884) Recent German Art (1885) Grand Modern Paintings (1888)
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American clergyman, author (1845–1926)
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Fred Hovey Allen was born on 1 October 1845 in Lyme.
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Fred Hovey Allen died on 26 December 1926 in Manhattan.
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Fred Hovey Allen was a theologian, inventor and writer.
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