| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83007775 |
| Last name | Allen |
| First name | William |
| Display name | William Allen |
| Birth date | 1770 |
| Death date | 1843 |
| Birth place | London |
| Death place | London |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | Society of Friends |
| Bio notes | British philanthropist, Quaker minister, and abolitionist. Correspondent of Thomas Eddy with regard to prisons. Founder of the British & Foreign School Society, publisher of "The Philanthropist" |