Glover Morrill Allen (8 February 1879 – 14 February 1942) was a U.S. zoologist.

He was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) Allen, and studied at Harvard University, Massachusetts. After graduating, he lectured in zoology at Harvard and held the position of Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

He travelled widely, to Central and South America, to West Africa, the Nile, the Belgian Congo, and Australia.

His publications include Bats: Biology, Behavior and Folklore; Checklist of African Mammals; and Mammals of China and Mongolia.

[edit] External links

• Animal Figures in the Maya Codices - glance.matia.gr
• Works by Glover Morrill Allen at Project Gutenberg

[edit] References

• Winsor Marrett Tyler, In Memoriam: Glover Morrill Allen, The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Orthnithology, 1943.