Frederick Lewis Allen

Frederick Lewis Allen (July 5, 1890 - February 13, 1954) was an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century whose specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history. His best-known books were Only Yesterday (1931), a book chronicling American life in the 1920s, and Since Yesterday (1940), which covered the 1930s. Among Allen's other works were The Big Change, Lords of Creation, and The Great Pierpont Morgan.

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July 5 - 1890 - February 13 - 1954 - American

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A Boston native, Allen graduated from Harvard University in 1912. He lost his wife, Dorothy Penrose Allen, prior to the publication of Only Yesterday.

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Boston - Harvard University - 1912

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