Carl Ferdinand Allen

Carl Ferdinand Allen (April 23, 1811 in Copenhagen – December 27, 1871) was a Danish historian. He studied at the University of Copenhagen. He spent three years (1845-1848) researching at the archives of England, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany; upon completion of this task, he returned to Denmark. In 1851 he became a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen and, in 1862, a professor of history and northern archaeology.^[1]

His principal work is his De Tre Nordiske Rigers Historie, 1497-1536, ("The History of the Three Northern Kingdoms," five volumes, 1864–72). He wrote the work following years of examinations of the archives of European nations.

References

1. Williams, Henry Smith. The Historian's History of the World 16. New York: The Outlook Company. p. 497.