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This website is designed to promote interest in, and further the appreciation of George Allen (1832-1907) publisher, engraver, mineralogist, geologist, and lifelong assistant of John Ruskin.
Because it is impossible to consider the life and achievements of George Allen without frequent references to John Ruskin, his considerable talents have often been overshadowed by Ruskin’s enormous presence.
The renewed interest in Ruskin’s publishing methods offer the opportunity to examine George Allen’s role in that scheme, and to evaluate his significance in its success. Ruskin’s own words on George Allen in Praeterita serve as a good starting point for a brief outline of Allen’s life: