Frederick Lewis Allen

Frederick Lewis Allen
Allen in 1932
Born(1890-07-05)July 5, 1890
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1954(1954-02-13) (aged 63)
Occupation
  • Historian
  • editor
Alma materGroton School
Harvard University
SpouseDorothy Penrose Cobb

Frederick Lewis Allen (July 5, 1890 February 13, 1954) was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about recent and popular history.