Fred Hovey Allen
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Fred Hovey Allen | |
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Born | Lyme, New Hampshire | October 1, 1845
Died | December 26, 1926 New York, New York | (aged 81)
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Occupation(s) | Clergyman, 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.[1] He graduated from the Hartford Theological Seminary, and studied at Boston University and in Europe at the Universities of Berlin, Vienna, and Paris.[2]
He died in Manhattan on December 26, 1926.[3]
His writings include:
- Masterpieces of Modern German Art (1884)
- Recent German Art (1885)
- Grand Modern Paintings (1888)
References
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 492–493. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Daniel Coit Gilman; Harry Thurston Peck; Frank Moore Colby, eds. (1906). The New International Encyclopaedia. Dodd, Mead and company. p. 367.
- ^ "Art Director Dies". Brooklyn Times-Union. December 26, 1926. p. 32. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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