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004854_0012284_0_square.jpg|Portrait of Thomas Allan by John Watson Gordon, 1823–1825 Thomas Allan FRS FRSE FSA FLS (1777–1833) was a Scottish mineralogist. ==Life== Allan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 17 July 1777, the son of Robert Allan (1748–1818), a banker. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and took up banking as profession; but he is remembered today for his contributions to mineral science. At an early age Allan became fascinated with minerals and he began to accumulate a large mineral collection that was subsequently bequeathed to his son Robert Allan (1806–1863). This collection was later incorporated into Robert Greg's, which was ultimately purchased by the British Museum of Natural History in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1813, Allan was influential in securing a mineralogy post in the Dublin Philosophical Society for the German mineralogist Karl Ludwig Giesecke (1761–1833). Allan was elected aa Fellow of the Royal Society of London and of Edinburgh, He served as Curator to the RSE 1812–20 and Treasurer 1821–33. In 1810, he was recognized with a new mineral species from Greenland, being named "Allanite" in his honor by Thomas Thomson. Allan died at Linden Hall, Northumberland, England, on 12 September 1833. He is buried in St Cuthberts Churchyard in Edinburgh. His son, Robert Allen FRSE (1806–1863) was also a mineralogist.〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Allan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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