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Allen (GRANT CHARLES GRANT uralist)

GRANT (CHARLES GRANT uralist, essayist, and novelist, born in Kingston, Canada, Feb. 24, 1848. He graduated from Oxford, and was profes- sor at Queen's College, Jamaica. He Kingston, Canada, Feb. 24, 1848. He sor at Queen's College, Jamaica. He and Herbert Spencer, and was author of scientific essays in a light. attractive graduated from Oxford, and was profesand Herbert Spencer, and was author of scientific essays in a light, attractive style. After 1883 he produced a large number of novels. Among them are "Babylon" (1885); "The Devil's Die" (1888); "Under Sealed Orders" (1896).

He died Oct. 25, 1899.

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