ALLEN, GRANT (CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIE) (1848— '899), English author, son of a clergyman of Irish descent, was born at Kingston (Ont.), Canada, on Feb. 24, 1848. He was educated partly in America and France, and in England at King Edward's school, Birmingham, and afterwards at Merton college, Oxford. He was for a few years a schoolmaster in Jamaica, but then made his home in England. He died in his house at Hind head, Surrey, on Oct. 24, 1899. Grant Allen was a voluminous author. His scientific books (such as Physiological Aesthetics, 1877; The Evolutionist at Large,1881; The Evolution of the Idea of God, 1897) contain much original matter, popularly expressed. He first attracted attention as a novelist with a sensational story, The Devil's Die (IS qi), though this was by nd means his first attempt at fiction; and The W oman who Did 0895), which had a temporary succes de scandale on account of its treatment of the sex problem, inspired many imitations.