Donald James Allan Explained

Donald James Allan, (22 December 1907 – 19 June 1978) was a British classical scholar. He was Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow from 1957 to 1971.^[1] Allan was educated at Christ's Hospital School and then at Christ Church, Oxford. During the Second World War he worked at Bletchley Park.^[2]

Selected publications

• Aristotle, De Caelo, 1936. (Editor)
• Plato, The Republic, 1940. (Editor)
• "Mediaeval Versions of Aristotle, De Caelo, and of the Commentary of Simplicius" in Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 2 (1950), pp. 82–120.
• The Philosophy of Aristotle, Oxford University Press, 1952. (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge No. 222)

Notes and References

1. http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2322&type=P The University of Glasgow Story: Donald Allan.
2. http://rollofhonour.bletchleypark.org.uk/search/record-detail/88/ Mr Donald James Allan.