Alexander Viets Griswold Allen
Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (May 4, 1841 – 1908) was an American author, Episcopal clergyman and theologian. Biography. Allen was born in Otis, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1841, to Ethan and Lydia Allen. He graduated from Kenyon College in 1862 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1865. He received the degree D.D. from Kenyon 1878, from Harvard, 1886, and from Yale, 1901. In 1872, he married Elizabeth Stone; they remained together until her death in 1892. Career. Allen was a resident licentiate of Andover, Massachusetts, from 1865 to 1867, he also took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church , being ordained a deacon, July 5, 1865, and priest, June 24, 1866. He was rector of St. John's church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, from 1865 to 1867, and professor of ecclesiastical history at the Episcopal theological school at Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1867. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts historical society. Works. His publications include: References. Attribtuion