Percival Allen
Male, Deceased Person
1917 – 2008
Who was Percival Allen?
Percival Allen FRS was a British geologist.
In March 1973, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His applicaton citation read: "Distinguished for his investigations of Lower Cretaceous sedimentation in north-western Europe. His reconstructions of Wealden palaeography and depositional environments have been based on meticulous examination and analysis of faecies changes, sedimentary structures and petrology combined with a study of modern deltaic and littoral sedimentation. He has stimulated much research along similar lines in other formations, notably the Torridonian. He was a pioneer in the application of statistical methods to sedimentary models. At Reading he has built up an outstanding school of sedimentology."
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