Douglas Allan

Douglas Alexander Allan, CBE, FRSGS, FRSE, FHWC, FMA (1896-1967) was director of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, from 1945-1961.

After studying geology at the University of Edinburgh, Allan took part in the William Speirs Bruce expeditions to Spitsbergen, and acted as assistant in the University Department of Geology under Professor TJ Jehu. He was director of the City of Liverpool Public Museum from 1929-1944.

Works

• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1926). "The volcanic history of Southern Fife". Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Society (Andrew Reid) VII (2). 
• Allan, Douglas A. (1937). The City of Liverpool Public Museums. Liverpool Museum. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1946). Shipping museums. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1949). The Geology and Scenery of Scotland: Swiney Lectures December 1948-January 1949. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander; UNESCO (1954). International Seminar on the role of Museums in Education, 14 September - 12 October 1952: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.. UNESCO. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1955). James Watt: a memory and a motive for technological museums ... Presidential address to the Watt Club. R. Clark. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1957). Folk museums at home and abroad. 
• Allan, Douglas Alexander (1960). "John George Bartholomew". Scottish Geographical Magazine 76 (2): 85–88. 

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Name	Allan, Douglas Alexander
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Date of birth	1896
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Date of death	1967
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