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John Robert Lawrence Allen FRS, FSA (25 October 1932–18 October 2020): a personal tribute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2021

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State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai200030, China
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John Robert Lawrence Allen (Fig. 1), an internationally distinguished sedimentologist, was born on 25 October 1932 in Birmingham, UK. He died in Thatcham, UK, on 18 October 2020, aged 87, after a short illness.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 159 , Issue 3 , March 2022 , pp. 293 - 308
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