About William Allott
Lived 1817 – 1892 (aged 75). William Allott was a British politician.
William Dixon Allott (1 May 1817 – 19 November 1892) was Mayor of Adelaide 1873–1874.
Allott was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, the son of a minister. He was first apprenticed to a druggist and later was a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He arrived in South Australia in 1854, working as a chemist and druggist. Allott was the 18th mayor of Adelaide.
He died in Knightsbridge, South Australia in 1892.
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Who was William Allott?
Mayor of Adelaide (1873–74)
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William Allott was born on 1 May 1817.
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William Allott died on 18 November 1892.
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William Allott was a politician.
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William Allott was British.
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· DBpedia: William Dixon Allott
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