Thomas Allin (Anglican)


Thomas Allin was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, a writer on Universalism, also known for botanical research.

Life

He was born at Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. He graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin in 1859, and took orders in the Church of Ireland. After a succession of curacies, he left for England in 1877.

Works

In his activity as naturalist he had Isaac Carroll as collaborator. His surveys resulted in The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the County Cork