An African Millionaire - Allen, Grant
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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay was written by Grant Allan (1848 - 1899). Allan was a science writer, author and novelist, and supporter of the theory of evolution. Allan wrote one of the first Canadian science fiction books, The British Barbarians, in 1895. He is best remembered for his character Colonel Clay who was a gentleman rogue thief. Episodes in this book include The Episode of the Mexican Seer, The Episode of the Diamond Links, The Episode of the Old Master, The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle, The Episode of the Drawn Game, The Episode of…mehr

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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay was written by Grant Allan (1848 - 1899). Allan was a science writer, author and novelist, and supporter of the theory of evolution. Allan wrote one of the first Canadian science fiction books, The British Barbarians, in 1895. He is best remembered for his character Colonel Clay who was a gentleman rogue thief. Episodes in this book include The Episode of the Mexican Seer, The Episode of the Diamond Links, The Episode of the Old Master, The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle, The Episode of the Drawn Game, The Episode of the German Professor, The Episode of the Arrest of the Colonel, The Episode of the Seldon Gold-Mine, The Episode of the Japanned Dispatch-Box, The Episode of the Game of Poker, The Episode of the Bertillon Method, and The Episode of the Old Bailey.
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Canadian scientific author and novelist Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) received his education in England. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, he actively promoted evolution in public. Allen was born in Kingston, Canada West, close to Wolfe Island (known as Ontario after Confederation). Joseph Antisell Allen, a Protestant pastor from Dublin, Ireland, was his father. Allen attended Merton College in Oxford and King Edward's School in Birmingham for his education. He joined Queen's Institution, a Jamaican black college, as a professor in his mid-20s. He was influenced by the associationist psychology of Herbert Spencer and Alexander Bain. He produced 30 books between 1884 and 1899, including the controversial The Woman Who Did. The Type-writer Girl and Olive Pratt Rayner were pen names used by English novelist Grant Allen. With the publication of The British Barbarians, he made history in the field of science fiction (1895). On October 25, 1899, Grant Allen passed away from liver cancer at his house in Haslemere, Surrey, England. Before finishing Hilda Wade, he passed away.