The Biographical Dictionary of America/Allen, Richard L.

ALLEN, Richard L., author, was born in Hampden county, Mass., in October, 1803. He entered commercial life in New York city and wrote on agricultural subjects. He afterwards studied law in Baltimore, but his health becoming impaired he settled on a farm in Niagara county, N. Y., in 1832. In 1842 Mr. Allen and his brother began the publication of the American Agriculturist, and in 1856 they opened a store for the sale of improved agricultural implements in New York. Mr. Allen was a clear and practical writer on agricultural topics, and published "History and Description of Domestic Animals" (1848); "The American Farm Book" (1849); "The Diseases of Domestic Animals" "American Farmer's Muck Book"; and "American Agriculture." He died in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 22, 1869.