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Ralph Allen


 

Ralph Allen (1693 - June 29, 1764) was baptised at St Columb Major Cornwall on July 24 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved to Bath in 1710 where he became a clerk in the Bath Post Office, and at the age of 19, in 1712, he became the Post Master of Bath.

Bibliography

  • Boyce, B. (1967) The benevolent man: a life of Ralph Allen of Bath
  • Peach, R.E.M. (1895) The life and times of Ralph Allen
  • Hopkins, A.E. (ed.) (1960) Ralph Allen's own narrative, 1720?1761, *Davis, S. (1985) Ralph Allen: benefactor and postal reformer